Ancient & Classical 100

Die Philosophie der Antike umfasst einen Zeitraum von ungefähr 1100 Jahren. Sie bildet eine der bewegtesten und reichsten Perioden der Philosophiegeschichte überhaupt. Vor den Griechen existierte ph……続きを見る

很少有一部書能像《紅樓夢》，甫一問世就被鑑賞不輟，舉凡評點、題詠、索隱、校勘、考證和評論等，已到不絕如縷且時現高潮的地步。當中因為嗜讀它不禁嘔血或氣絕而死的例子不少，而由於酷愛它執意據以為發展一門紅……続きを見る

本書論及「《莊子》書的由來」、「條理《莊子》書的難處及其克服」和「《莊子》書所體現思想觀念的大要」等層面。 続きを見る

George Eliot's collection, 'The Complete Novels in One Volume,' presents a comprehensive look at the author's profound exploration of human nature, societal norms, and the complexities of relationsh……続きを見る

The Essential Works of Lord Byron is a comprehensive collection of the renowned poet's most influential writings, showcasing his romantic, rebellious, and introspective themes. Byron's work is chara……続きを見る

Franks and Lombards in Italian Carolingian Texts examines how historians of Carolingian Italy portrayed the history of the Lombards, Charlemagne’s conquest of the Lombard kingdom, and the presence o……続きを見る

This collection of essays explores the literary legacy of medieval England by examining the writers, editors and exemplars of medieval English texts. In order to better understand the human agency, ……続きを見る

The thinkers and philosophers of ancient India contemplated intensively and extensively about all aspects related to life, and art was one of the major domains they touched upon. A profound and inte……続きを見る

In his play Bacchae, Euripides chooses as his central figure the god who crosses the boundaries among god, man, and beast, between reality and imagination, and between art and madness. In so doing, ……続きを見る

In a moonlit graveyard somewhere in southern Italy, a soldier removes his clothes in readiness to transform himself into a wolf. He depends upon the clothes to recover his human shape, and so he mag……続きを見る

It is not possible for any thinking person to live in such a society as our own without wanting to change it. George Orwell was one of the most celebrated essayists in the English language, and ther……続きを見る

'If you had asked me why I had joined the militia I should have answered: "To fight against Fascism," and if you had asked me what I was fighting for, I should have answered: "Common decency."' Homa……続きを見る

Aeschylus was the first of the three ancient Greek tragedians whose plays can still be read or performed, the others being Sophocles and Euripides. He is often described as the father of tragedy: ou……続きを見る

Epic battles, hideous monsters and a host of petty gods--the world of Classical mythology continues to fascinate and inspire. Heroes like Herakles, Achilles and Perseus have influenced Western art a……続きを見る

台灣第一本西洋古典神話專題 以陰性力量，把追尋目標從向外拓展生命的廣度與長度，轉為向內凝聚生命的深度與密度，開創人生新境界。 「神話就像房子的樑，外表看不到，卻是支撐房子供人居住的重要結構。」──羅洛．……続きを見る

This book examines tragedy and tragic philosophy from the Greeks through Shakespeare to the present day. It explores key themes in the links between suffering and ethics through postcolonial literat……続きを見る

Medieval Literature and Social Politics brings together seventeen articles by literary historian Stephen Knight. The book primarily focuses on the social and political meaning of medieval literature……続きを見る

Michelle Zerba’s Modern Odysseys explores three major writers in global modernism from the Mediterranean, Anglo-European Britain, and the Caribbean whose groundbreaking literary works have never bee……続きを見る

This major new literary study offers a fresh view of the significance of the famous group of fourteenth-century poems, 'Pearl', 'Cleanness', 'Patience' and 'Sir Gawain and the Green Knight'. It is a……続きを見る

A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER, January 2022 A TIMES HISTORICAL FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR SHORTLISTED FOR WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE YEAR A BBC HISTORY MAG BOOK OF THE YEAR A DAILY EXPRESS BOOK OF THE YEAR S……続きを見る

Latin literature is crowded with portraits of Romans in transit, but despite this ubiquity scholars have been reluctant to read vehicles as significant conveyors of textual and cultural meaning. Thi……続きを見る

This book offers, in one volume, a modern English translation of all 17 books of Silius Italicus’ Punica. Composed in the first century CE, this epic tells the story of the Second Punic War between ……続きを見る

This is the first major collection of essays to look at the literature of the entire Tudor period, from the reign of Henry VII to death of Elizabeth I. It pays particularly attention to the years be……続きを見る

The study of medieval literature has experienced a revolution in the last two decades, which has reinvigorated many parts of the discipline and changed the shape of the subject in relation to the sc……続きを見る

The Oxford Handbook of Hellenic Studies is a unique collection of some seventy articles which together explore the ways in which ancient Greece has been, is, and might be studied. It is intended to ……続きを見る

In classical scholarship, the presence of legal language in love poetry is commonly interpreted as absurd and incongruous. Ovid's legalisms have been described as frivolous, humorous, and ornamental……続きを見る

Looting, despoiling temples, attempted rape and judicial murder: these are just some of the themes of this classic piece of writing by one of the world’s greatest orators. This particular passage is……続きを見る

This book introduces readers who may have no previous knowledge of Menander's comedies to Epitrepontes (The Arbitration), arguably the most exquisitely crafted of his better-preserved plays. It expl……続きを見る

Iconoclasm was the name given to the stance of that portion of Eastern Christianity that rejected worshipping God through images (eikones) representing Christ, the Virgin or the saints and was the o……続きを見る

Conventional approaches to the Synoptic gospels argue that the gospel authors acted as literate spokespersons for their religious communities. Whether described as documenting intra-group 'oral trad……続きを見る