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The Odysseyby Homer; Robert Fagles
Penguin Group Inc. 2006; US$ 12.99Robert Fagles?s stunning modern-verse translation?available at last in our black-spine classics line The Odyssey is literature?s grandest evocation of everyman?s journey through life. In the myths and legends that are retold here, renowned translator Robert Fagles has captured the energy and poetry of Homer?s original in a bold, contemporary idiom and given us an Odyssey to read aloud, to savor, and to treasure for its sheer lyrical mastery. This is an Odyssey to delight both the classicist and the general reader, and to captivate a new generation of Homer?s students. more...
The Arabian Nightsby Richard Burton; A.S. Byatt
Random House Publishing Group 2009; US$ 12.99Full of mischief, valor, ribaldry, and romance, The Arabian Nights has enthralled readers for centuries. These are the tales that saved the life of Shahrazad, whose husband, the king, executed each of his wives after a single night of marriage. Beginning an enchanting story each evening, Shahrazad always withheld the ending: A thousand and one nights later, her life was spared forever. This volume reproduces the 1932 Modern Library edition, for which Bennett A. Cerf chose the most famous and representative stories from Sir Richard F. Burton's multivolume translation, and includes Burton's extensive and acclaimed explanatory notes. These tales, including Alaeddin; or, the Wonderful Lamp, Sinbad the Seaman and Sinbad the Landsman, and Ali... more...
Grant Morrisonby Marc Singer
University Press of Mississippi 2011; US$ 25.00One of the most eclectic and distinctive writers currently working in comics, Grant Morrison (b. 1960) brings the auteurist sensibility of alternative comics and graphic novels to the popular genres-superhero, science fiction, and fantasy-that dominate the American and British comics industries. His comics range from bestsellers featuring the most universally recognized superhero franchises (All-Star Superman, New X-Men, Batman) to more independent, creator-owned work (The Invisibles, The Filth, We3) that defies any generic classification.In Grant Morrison: Combining the Worlds of Contemporary Comics, author Marc Singer examines how Morrison uses this fusion of styles to intervene in the major political, aesthetic, and intellectual challenges... more...
Demosthenesby Ian Worthington
Routledge 2000; US$ 44.95Demosthenes is still quoted in speeches by modern politicians, and is often viewed as the supreme example of the patriot. This book examines why his speeches came to be regarded so highly and asks whether his reputation is justified. more...
Writing Across Worldsby Russell King; John Connell; Paul White
Routledge 1995; US$ 71.95Drawing on a wide range of migrants' writings, this collection reveals an extraordinary diversity of global migratory experience while illustrating the realities and emotions shared by all who leave their home and culture and must adapt to another. more...
Plutarch and the Historical Traditionby Philip A. Stadter
Routledge 1992; US$ 135.00These essays offer diverse perspectives on the biographical techniques and appropriation of sources for the use and reshaping of historical tradition by one of the most prominent philosophers and biographers of the ancient world. more...
Firefightersby Gary McKay
Allen & Unwin 2002; US$ 21.78Firefighters takes an unflinching look at what it means to do the highly dangerous job of saving lives from fire. It is drawn from interviews with over 50 firefighters - from the new recruit on the station house floor to the area director managing thousands of hectares of regional Queensland. Together, the firies recount their personal experiences, including the rigorous recruit training and selection program, the demanding rescue of motor accident victims, and the extinguishing of house and building fires - caused by arsonists, gas explosions or simply the careless dropping of a cigarette. more...
Tragic Senecaby A. J. Boyle
Routledge 1997; US$ 135.00Tragic Seneca undertakes a radical re-evaluation of Seneca's plays, their relationship to Roman imperial culture and their instrumental role in the evolution of the European theatrical tradition. more...
Lovesickby Laurence Senelick
Routledge 1998; US$ 41.95An international collection of plays from Britain, the US, Germany, France and Russia, providing an essential resource. Includes 6 plays, each with individual introductions, including an author biography and production history. more...
Women on the Edgeby Ruby Blondell; Nancy Sorkin Rabinowitz; Bella Vivante; Mary-Kay Gamel
Routledge 1999; US$ 39.95Women on the Edge is an exciting exploration of women and their roles in the work of Euripides. The four of Euripides' plays covered are Medea, Alcestis, Helen and Iphigenia at Aulis. more...