Literary studies: c 1400 to c 1600

This provocative and illuminating book provides a new perspective on the development of political thought from Homer to Machiavelli, Tocqueville, and Gertrude Stein (who is introduced here, for the first time, as a writer of political significance).

In the wake of the monstrous projects of Hitler, Stalin, Mao, and others in the twentieth century, the idea of utopia has been discredited.

This is the first ample collection of facetiae, or witty tales, from the Italian Renaissance to be published in English.

Unsere Gesellschaft spaltet sich: am einen Ende stehen Rechtspopulisten, am anderen "woke" Moralisten.

The final major work by one of the most influential thinkers of the twentieth centuryIn the fourth and final volume of his far-reaching and influential study of human sexuality, Foucault turns his attention to early Christianity, exploring how ancient ideas of pleasure were modified into the notion of the 'flesh'.

Rich with tales of discovery from Galileo to general relativity, a stimulating and timely analysis of how science works and why we need it.

Best-selling author Umberto Eco's latest work unlocks the riddles of history in an exploration of the "e;linguistics of the lunatic,"e; stories told by scholars, scientists, poets, fanatics, and ordinary people in order to make sense of the world.

An expansive consideration of how nautical themes influenced literature in early modern Portugal.

Though his influence on American society has often been forgotten or misunderstood, John Calvin played a formative role in the traditions of almost every sector of American life.

What is temperature, and how can we measure it correctly?

No American denomination identified itself more closely with the nation's democratic ideal than the Baptists.

Though his influence on American society has often been forgotten or misunderstood, John Calvin played a formative role in the traditions of almost every sector of American life.

The Oxford Handbook of Hegel is a comprehensive guide to Hegel's philosophy, from his first published writings to his final lectures.

What is temperature, and how can we measure it correctly?

International Relations theory assumes that the struggle for power is not only ahistorical but that international politics is necessarily the realm of a perpetual struggle for power between states.

International Relations theory assumes that the struggle for power is not only ahistorical but that international politics is necessarily the realm of a perpetual struggle for power between states.

No American denomination identified itself more closely with the nation's democratic ideal than the Baptists.

What is criticism?

What is criticism?

Greco-Roman mythology and its reception are at the heart of the European Renaissance, and mythographies-texts that collected and explained ancient myths-were considered indispensable companions to any reader of literature.

Greco-Roman mythology and its reception are at the heart of the European Renaissance, and mythographies-texts that collected and explained ancient myths-were considered indispensable companions to any reader of literature.

This is the first volume to offer a critical overview of the long and complicated history of translations of Virgil from the early modern period to the present day, transcending traditional studies of single translations or particular national traditions in isolation to offer an insightful comparative perspective.

This is the first volume to offer a critical overview of the long and complicated history of translations of Virgil from the early modern period to the present day, transcending traditional studies of single translations or particular national traditions in isolation to offer an insightful comparative perspective.

Greek and Roman epic poetry has always provided creative artists in the modern world with a rich storehouse of themes.

Greek and Roman epic poetry has always provided creative artists in the modern world with a rich storehouse of themes.

The Oxford Handbook of Shakespeare's Poetry contains thirty-eight original essays written by leading Shakespeareans around the world.

The Oxford Handbook of Shakespeare's Poetry contains thirty-eight original essays written by leading Shakespeareans around the world.

The Oxford Handbook of English Prose 1500-1640 is the only current overview of early modern English prose writing.

The Oxford Handbook of English Prose 1500-1640 is the only current overview of early modern English prose writing.

Why does Catholicism have such an imaginative hold on Shakespearean drama, even though the on-going Reformation outlawed its practice?

What is the relation between who a person is, and what he or she has?

Women and the Bible in Early Modern England provides an account of the uniquely important role of the Bible in the development of female interpretative and literary agency, as well as in the expression of female subjectivity in early modern England.

In 1842 Heinrich Heine, the German poet, wrote that the bourgeoisie, 'obsessed by a nightmare apprehension of disaster' and 'an instinctive dread of communism', were driven against their better instincts into tolerating absolutist government.

In War, Liberty, and Caesar, Edward Paleit discusses how readers and writers of the English Renaissance read and understood Lucan's (Marcus Annaeus Lucanus, c.

More than any other English monarch before or since, Queen Elizabeth I used her annual progresses to shape her royal persona and to bolster her popularity and authority.

'Be of good comfort, Master Ridley, and play the man: we shall this day light such a candle by God's grace in England, as, I trust, shall never be put out.

First published in 1572, The Lusiads is one of the greatest epic poems of the Renaissance, immortalizing Portugal's voyages of discovery with an unrivalled freshness of observation.

More than any other English monarch before or since, Queen Elizabeth I used her annual progresses to shape her royal persona and to bolster her popularity and authority.

'Be of good comfort, Master Ridley, and play the man: we shall this day light such a candle by God's grace in England, as, I trust, shall never be put out.

From the late sixteenth to the late seventeenth centuries, French writing is especially concerned with analysing human nature.

Tom Lockwood's study is the first examination of Jonson's place in the texts and culture of the Romantic age.

Jonathan Israel presents the first major reassessment of the Western Enlightenment for a generation.

This study draws on the theory and practice of archaeology to develop a new perspective on the literature of the Renaissance.

The Literary Culture of the Reformation examines the place of literature in the Reformation, considering both how arguments about biblical meaning and literary interpretation influenced the new theology, and how developments in theology in turn influenced literary practices.

For the first time in this innovative reference book the Romantic Age is surveyed across all aspects of British culture, rather than in literary or artistic terms alone.

Writing the Nation in Reformation England offers a major re-evaluation of English writing between 1530 and 1580.

What is the je-ne-sais-quoi?

The Oxford History of the Irish Book is a major new series that charts the development of the book in Ireland from its origins within an early medieval manuscript culture to its current incarnation alongside the rise of digital media in the twenty-first century.

This is the first annotated critical edition of works of Lancelot Andrewes (1555-1626), a writer recognized by literary critics, historians, and theologians as one of the most important figures in Elizabethan and Jacobean England.

Shakespeare's Nature offers the first sustained account of the impact of the language and practice of husbandry on Shakespeare's work.