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This is the first volume dedicated to Plautus” perennially popular comedy Casina that analyses the play for a student audience and assumes no knowledge of Latin. It launches a much-needed new series …

This bold new set of interpretations of tragedy offers innovative analyses of the dynamic between politics and youth in the ancient world. By exploring how tragedy responded to the fluctuating attitu …

In this first introduction to Plautus” Trinummus, students and non-specialists alike are guided through the themes, context, and enduring humor of this Roman comedy. The play portrays the story of a …

First published in 1965, Cicero contains a number of assessments of Cicero’s life and works, made by a group of scholars that includes some of the acknowledged experts in their particular field. Cice …

"First Love: And Other Fascinating Stories of Spanish Life" by Emilia Pardo-Bazan stands as a timeless classic within Spanish literature, showcasing Pardo-Bazan’s prowess as one of the fore …

That the works of the ancient tragedians still have an immediate and profound appeal surely needs no demonstration, yet the modern reader continually stumbles across concepts which are difficult to i …

This motivational analysis of the protagonists in Thomas Hardy”s three most widely read novels–Tess of the d”Urbervilles, The Mayor of Casterbridge, and Jude the Obscure–highlights an often-overl …

First published in 1987, this is a critical edition of the 1647 text by the Scottish author Alexander Ross which offered the Renaissance reader not only a wealth of factual information concerning the …

This book reveals how a remarkable ancient Greek and Latin poetic form — the alcaic metre — found its way into English poetry, and continues shaping the imagination of poets today. English poets ha …

In this new volume, Jan Haywood and Naoíse Mac Sweeney investigate the position of Homer”s Iliad within the wider Trojan War tradition through a series of detailed case studies. From ancient Mesopot …