First Published in 1985, the aim of this book is to define an aspect of Orwell's literary identity which underlies and informs the sociopolitical content of his novels, and which may account for his being 'more widely read' than perhaps any other serious writer in the twentieth century.
In the Beginning (1957) represents a series of lectures given by the author at Cornell University, examining the views of the Ancient Greeks on the central foundation myths of their civilisation.
In the Beginning (1957) represents a series of lectures given by the author at Cornell University, examining the views of the Ancient Greeks on the central foundation myths of their civilisation.
The two themes brought together in this volume - the canon law and the liturgy of the early medieval Latin Church - have close links, as these articles reveal.
Herod the Great stands as one of history's most enigmatic figures, a ruler whose reign over Judea was marked by both monumental achievements and profound controversies.
The impact of a changing environment on human society and, conversely, the impact of man's activities upon the environment are important and contentious subjects today.
The Collective Spirit (1925) lays down a rough outline of what science can tell us as to the progress of evolution, and criticises the various interpretations, before endeavouring to formulate an idealist theory of evolution.
This book examines the connection between the politics of the Marshall Plan and urban planning and identifies the key players, such as the Greek architect and urban planner Constantinos A.
Shortly after 500 CE, the Syriac-speaking priest and physician Sergius of Resh'aina, who had studied in Alexandria, wrote the first known exposition of Aristotle in a Semitic language.
Originally published in 1957 and as a fourth edition in 1970 this is an accessible history of Byzantium from Constantine the Great to its final conquest by the Ottoman Turks in 1453.
Daniel Tubau nos acerca en Maldita Helena a este fascinante personaje admirado y odiado por poetas, dramaturgos, filosofos y eruditos, que la han considerado el simbolo de la belleza y la pasion, pero que tambien la han acusado de adultera, traidora a su patria y causante de una guerra espantosa.
La videoensayista Alice Cappelle radiografía el auge del antifeminismo en la sociedad contemporánea y del discurso conservador en Internet a través de las tendencias y algoritmos, con figuras como Ben Shapiro o Jordan Peterson.
Sources for the History of Western Civilization is a primary source reader designed specifically to allow undergraduate students to interact with historical documents.
By close engagement with both traditional and contemporary approaches to ancient Christian literature, Latin Christian Writers in Late Antiquity and their Texts seeks to delineate a historiographical problem, at the same time rendering patristics as part of the subject-matter of a new literary history.
