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Aeschylus: The Oresteia
Cambridge University Press 2004; US$ 18.00This is the only general introduction in English to Aeschylus' Oresteia, one of the most important and most influential of all Greek dramas. The volume's clear structure and guide to further reading will make this an invaluable guide for students and teachers alike. more...
The End of Dialogue in Antiquity
Cambridge University Press 2009; US$ 89.00The first general and systematic study of the genre of dialogue in antiquity, investigating why dialogue matters. more...
Language, Sexuality, Narrative
Cambridge University Press 1984; US$ 46.00A close reading of the text concentrating on the developing meanings of words within the structuring of the play. more...
Reading Greek Tragedy
Cambridge University Press 1986; US$ 35.00This book is an advanced critical introduction to Greek tragedy. more...
Foucault's Virginity
Cambridge University Press 1995; US$ 29.00This is a study of how sex and sexuality are written about in the first centuries of this era. more...
Being Greek under Rome
Cambridge University Press 2001; US$ 68.00Simon Goldhill explores the cultural conflicts of the second-century CE Roman Empire. more...
Victorian Culture and Classical Antiquity
Princeton University Press 2011; US$ 45.00How did the Victorians engage with the ancient world? Victorian Culture and Classical Antiquity is a brilliant exploration of how the ancient worlds of Greece and Rome influenced Victorian culture. Through Victorian art, opera, and novels, Simon Goldhill examines how sexuality and desire, the politics of culture, and the role of religion in society... more...
Freud's Couch, Scott's Buttocks, Brontė's Grave
University of Chicago Press 2011; US$ 18.00The Victorian era was the high point of literary tourism. Writers such as Charles Dickens, George Eliot, and Sir Walter Scott became celebrities, and readers trekked far and wide for a glimpse of the places where their heroes wrote and thought, walked and talked. Even Shakespeare was roped in, as Victorian entrepreneurs transformed quiet Stratford-upon-Avon... more...
The Poet's Voice
Cambridge University Press 1991; US$ 46.00A study of ancient Greek poetry analysing the question: what is a poet? more...
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