Ancient & Classical in Literary Theory & Criticism & Fiction & Literature eBooks

The Greek Plays

Sixteen Plays by Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides

by Sophocles, Aeschylus, Euripides ...

Series series Modern Library Classics
A landmark anthology of the masterpieces of Greek drama, featuring all-new, highly accessible translations of some of the world’s most beloved plays, including Agamemnon, Prometheus Bound, Bacchae, Electra, Medea, Antigone, and Oedipus the KingFeaturing translations by Emily Wilson, Frank Nisetich, Sarah Ruden, Rachel Kitzinger, Mary Lefkowitz, and James RommThe great plays of Ancient Greece are ... Read more

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A landmark anthology of the masterpieces of Greek drama, featuring all-new, highly accessible translations of some of the world’s most beloved plays, including Agamemnon, Prometheus Bound, Bacchae, Electra, Medea, Antigone, and Oedipus the KingFeaturing translations by Emily Wilson, Frank Nisetich, Sarah Ruden, Rachel Kitzinger, Mary Lefkowitz, and James RommThe great plays of Ancient Greece are
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Talking Classics

The Shock of the Old

by Mary Beard ...

The incomparable Mary Beard is back, and she’s talking all things classics.Why the ongoing fascination with the ancient world? This witty, approachable book asks why—for better or (sometimes) worse—antiquity continues to exert such a powerful hold on the contemporary imagination. Recalling a formative childhood encounter with a four-thousand-year-old piece of bread in a museum, Beard introduces ... Read more

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The incomparable Mary Beard is back, and she’s talking all things classics.Why the ongoing fascination with the ancient world? This witty, approachable book asks why—for better or (sometimes) worse—antiquity continues to exert such a powerful hold on the contemporary imagination. Recalling a formative childhood encounter with a four-thousand-year-old piece of bread in a museum, Beard introduces
... Read more
Queer as folklore

The hidden queer history of myths and monsters

by Sacha Coward ...

A celebration of queer history like you've never seen it before.Queer as folklore travels across centuries and continents to reveal the unsung heroes and villains of storytelling, magic and fantasy. Featuring images from archives, galleries and museums around the world, each chapter investigates the queer history of different mythic and folkloric characters, both old and new.Leaving no headstone ... Read more

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A celebration of queer history like you've never seen it before.Queer as folklore travels across centuries and continents to reveal the unsung heroes and villains of storytelling, magic and fantasy. Featuring images from archives, galleries and museums around the world, each chapter investigates the queer history of different mythic and folkloric characters, both old and new.Leaving no headstone
... Read more
Great Goddesses

Life Lessons From Myths and Monsters

by Nikita Gill ...

Bestselling poet, writer, and Instagram sensation Nikita Gill returns with a collection of poetry and prose retelling the legends of the Goddesses, both great and small, in their own words.With lyrical prose and striking verse, beloved poet Nikita Gill (Fierce Fairytales, Wild Embers) uses the history of Ancient Greece and beyond to explore and share the stories of the mothers, warriors, creators, ... Read more

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Bestselling poet, writer, and Instagram sensation Nikita Gill returns with a collection of poetry and prose retelling the legends of the Goddesses, both great and small, in their own words.With lyrical prose and striking verse, beloved poet Nikita Gill (Fierce Fairytales, Wild Embers) uses the history of Ancient Greece and beyond to explore and share the stories of the mothers, warriors, creators,
... Read more
Eros the Bittersweet

by Anne Carson ...

Series series Dalkey Archive Essentials
Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best nonfiction books of all timeA book about romantic love, Eros the Bittersweet is Anne Carson's exploration of the concept of "eros" in both classical philosophy and literature. Beginning with, "It was Sappho who first called eros 'bittersweet.' No one who has been in love disputes her," Carson examines her subject from numerous points of view, ... Read more

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Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best nonfiction books of all timeA book about romantic love, Eros the Bittersweet is Anne Carson's exploration of the concept of "eros" in both classical philosophy and literature. Beginning with, "It was Sappho who first called eros 'bittersweet.' No one who has been in love disputes her," Carson examines her subject from numerous points of view,
... Read more
Cicero's Tongue

The Life of Rome's Greatest Orator and the End of the Republic

by Catharine Edwards ...

A new biography of Cicero, one of the most influential and fascinating figures in classical history.When the Roman statesman Cicero was murdered in 43 BCE, his head was cut off, and his tongue pierced with pins – a final, brutal act of revenge against a man whose words had shaped a generation and made him many enemies. Rising from provincial obscurity to the highest elected office in Rome, Cicero ... Read more

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A new biography of Cicero, one of the most influential and fascinating figures in classical history.When the Roman statesman Cicero was murdered in 43 BCE, his head was cut off, and his tongue pierced with pins – a final, brutal act of revenge against a man whose words had shaped a generation and made him many enemies. Rising from provincial obscurity to the highest elected office in Rome, Cicero
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Discourses and Selected Writings

by Epictetus ...

Translated by Robert Dobbin ...

Contains The Discourses/Fragments/Enchiridion'I must die. But must I die bawling?'Epictetus, a Greek Stoic and freed slave, ran a thriving philosophy school in Nicopolis in the early second century AD. His animated discussions were celebrated for their rhetorical wizardry and were written down by Arrian, his most famous pupil. The Discourses argue that happiness lies in learning to perceive ... Read more

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Contains The Discourses/Fragments/Enchiridion'I must die. But must I die bawling?'Epictetus, a Greek Stoic and freed slave, ran a thriving philosophy school in Nicopolis in the early second century AD. His animated discussions were celebrated for their rhetorical wizardry and were written down by Arrian, his most famous pupil. The Discourses argue that happiness lies in learning to perceive
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The Rich Tapestry of Chinese Mythology

by L K Meritt ...

Dive into the mesmerizing world of "The Rich Tapestry of Chinese Mythology," where ancient legends collide with modern relevance. This powerful exploration uncovers the profound impact of mythology on culture, identity, and morality, revealing how these timeless narratives shape lives even today.Unravel the epic tales of creation, from Pangu's cosmic birth to Nuwa's crafting of humanity, and meet ... Read more

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Dive into the mesmerizing world of "The Rich Tapestry of Chinese Mythology," where ancient legends collide with modern relevance. This powerful exploration uncovers the profound impact of mythology on culture, identity, and morality, revealing how these timeless narratives shape lives even today.Unravel the epic tales of creation, from Pangu's cosmic birth to Nuwa's crafting of humanity, and meet
... Read more
There's a Monster in the Lake

The World as a Fantastical Place

by Laura Fernández ...

A witty meditation revealing what our obsession with monsters says about wonder, reality, and narrative itselfWhat does the Loch Ness Monster tell us about belief, tourism, and the stories we need to survive? In this formally innovative essay, award-winning Spanish writer Laura Fernández travels to the Scottish Highlands to investigate the legend of Nessie and develops a perspective on humanity’s ... Read more

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A witty meditation revealing what our obsession with monsters says about wonder, reality, and narrative itselfWhat does the Loch Ness Monster tell us about belief, tourism, and the stories we need to survive? In this formally innovative essay, award-winning Spanish writer Laura Fernández travels to the Scottish Highlands to investigate the legend of Nessie and develops a perspective on humanity’s
... Read more
Turning Away

The Poetics of an Ancient Gesture

by Benjamin A. Saltzman ...

Series series Thinking Literature
A sweeping account of how we are at our most human when we turn away from the pains of the world.Why do we look away from the suffering of others? Why do we cover our faces in shame? Why do we lower our heads in grief? Few gestures are as universal as the averted gaze. Fewer still are as ambivalent and inscrutable. In this incisive study, Benjamin A. Saltzman reveals how the kaleidoscopic ... Read more

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A sweeping account of how we are at our most human when we turn away from the pains of the world.Why do we look away from the suffering of others? Why do we cover our faces in shame? Why do we lower our heads in grief? Few gestures are as universal as the averted gaze. Fewer still are as ambivalent and inscrutable. In this incisive study, Benjamin A. Saltzman reveals how the kaleidoscopic
... Read more
The Pregnant Male as Myth and Metaphor in Classical Greek Literature

by David D. Leitao ...

This book traces the image of the pregnant male in Greek literature as it evolved over the course of the classical period. The image - as deployed in myth and in metaphor - originated as a representation of paternity and, by extension, 'authorship' of ideas, works of art, legislation, and the like. Only later, with its reception in philosophy in the early fourth century, did it also become a way ... Read more

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This book traces the image of the pregnant male in Greek literature as it evolved over the course of the classical period. The image - as deployed in myth and in metaphor - originated as a representation of paternity and, by extension, 'authorship' of ideas, works of art, legislation, and the like. Only later, with its reception in philosophy in the early fourth century, did it also become a way
... Read more
Early Greek Alphabetic Writing

A Linguistic Approach

by Natalia Elvira Astoreca ...

Series Book 5 - Contexts of and Relations between Early Writing Systems (CREWS)
Despite the flourishing of epichoric studies on the Archaic Greek scripts in the 1960s, embodied by archaeologists Lilian Hamilton Jeffery and Margherita Guarducci, most scholarship on early alphabetic writing in Greece has focused on questions around the origin of ‘the Greek alphabet’ instead of acknowledging the diversity of alphabetic systems that emerged in Geometric and Archaic times. The ... Read more

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Despite the flourishing of epichoric studies on the Archaic Greek scripts in the 1960s, embodied by archaeologists Lilian Hamilton Jeffery and Margherita Guarducci, most scholarship on early alphabetic writing in Greece has focused on questions around the origin of ‘the Greek alphabet’ instead of acknowledging the diversity of alphabetic systems that emerged in Geometric and Archaic times. The
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Diálogos I

Apología de Sócrates, Critón, Eutifrón, Hipias Menor, Hipias Mayor, Ion, Lisis, Cármides, Laques y Protágoras

by Platón ...

Translated by Emilio Lledó ...

Series Book 2 - Nueva Biblioteca Clásica Gredos
El proyecto de publicar la obra completa de Platón según la ordenación cronológica que en líneas generales se ha consensuado para sus diálogos se inicia en este volumen con sus obras de juventud: Apología de Sócrates, Critón, Eutifrón, Hipias Menor, Hipias Mayor, Ion, Lisis, Cármides, Laques y Protágoras. Escritos hacia el final de la vida de Sócrates, cuando Platón decidió optar por el ejercicio ... Read more

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El proyecto de publicar la obra completa de Platón según la ordenación cronológica que en líneas generales se ha consensuado para sus diálogos se inicia en este volumen con sus obras de juventud: Apología de Sócrates, Critón, Eutifrón, Hipias Menor, Hipias Mayor, Ion, Lisis, Cármides, Laques y Protágoras. Escritos hacia el final de la vida de Sócrates, cuando Platón decidió optar por el ejercicio
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Crossing the Wine-Dark Sea

Journeys Through Ancient Literature

by Emily Wilson ...

**INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER"An enthralling and profoundly relevant book." —Salman Rushdie"I adored reading these joyful, illuminating, and engrossing journeys through ancient literature." —Madeline MillerMost Anticipated Books of Fall: Goodreads, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus ReviewsFrom the most celebrated translator of our time comes a visionary exploration of how translation reshapes and ... Read more

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**INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER"An enthralling and profoundly relevant book." —Salman Rushdie"I adored reading these joyful, illuminating, and engrossing journeys through ancient literature." —Madeline MillerMost Anticipated Books of Fall: Goodreads, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus ReviewsFrom the most celebrated translator of our time comes a visionary exploration of how translation reshapes and
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The Canterbury Tales

by Geoffrey Chaucer, Christopher Cannon ...

Translated by David Wright ...

Series series Oxford World's Classics
'Whoever best acquits himself, and tells The most amusing and instructive tale, Shall have a dinner, paid for by us all...' In Chaucer's most ambitious poem, The Canterbury Tales (c. 1387), a group of pilgrims assembles in an inn just outside London and agree to entertain each other on the way to Canterbury by telling stories. The pilgrims come from all ranks of society, from the crusading Knight ... Read more

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'Whoever best acquits himself, and tells The most amusing and instructive tale, Shall have a dinner, paid for by us all...' In Chaucer's most ambitious poem, The Canterbury Tales (c. 1387), a group of pilgrims assembles in an inn just outside London and agree to entertain each other on the way to Canterbury by telling stories. The pilgrims come from all ranks of society, from the crusading Knight
... Read more
Etymology and the Invention of English in Early Modern Literature

by Hannah Crawforth ...

How did authors such as Jonson, Spenser, Donne and Milton think about the past lives of the words they used? Hannah Crawforth shows how early modern writers were acutely attuned to the religious and political implications of the etymology of English words. She argues that these lexically astute writers actively engaged with the lexicographers, Anglo-Saxonists and etymologists who were carrying out ... Read more

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How did authors such as Jonson, Spenser, Donne and Milton think about the past lives of the words they used? Hannah Crawforth shows how early modern writers were acutely attuned to the religious and political implications of the etymology of English words. She argues that these lexically astute writers actively engaged with the lexicographers, Anglo-Saxonists and etymologists who were carrying out
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Aristotle: The Complete Works

(Bauer Classics)

by Aristotle, Bauer Books ...

Series Book 6 - All Time Best Writers
The Complete Aristotle:Part 1: Logic (Organon)Categories, translated by E. M. EdghillOn Interpretation, translated by E. M. EdghillPrior Analytics (2 Books), translated by A. J. JenkinsonPosterior Analytics (2 Books), translated by G. R. G. MureTopics (8 Books), translated by W. A. Pickard-CambridgeSophistical Refutations, translated by W. A. Pickard-CambridgePart 2: Universal Ph... ... Read more

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The Complete Aristotle:Part 1: Logic (Organon)Categories, translated by E. M. EdghillOn Interpretation, translated by E. M. EdghillPrior Analytics (2 Books), translated by A. J. JenkinsonPosterior Analytics (2 Books), translated by G. R. G. MureTopics (8 Books), translated by W. A. Pickard-CambridgeSophistical Refutations, translated by W. A. Pickard-CambridgePart 2: Universal Ph...
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Ka

Stories of the Mind and Gods of India

by Roberto Calasso ...

Series series Vintage International
**In "the very best book about Hindu mythology that anyone has ever written" (The New Republic)Calasso plunges Western readers into the mind of ancient India. He begins with a mystery: Why is the most important god in the Rg Veda, the oldest of India's sacred texts, known by a secret name—"Ka," or Who?What ensues is not an explanation, but an unveiling. Here are the stories of the creation of mind ... Read more

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**In "the very best book about Hindu mythology that anyone has ever written" (The New Republic)Calasso plunges Western readers into the mind of ancient India. He begins with a mystery: Why is the most important god in the Rg Veda, the oldest of India's sacred texts, known by a secret name—"Ka," or Who?What ensues is not an explanation, but an unveiling. Here are the stories of the creation of mind
... Read more
TROILUS & CRESSIDA

Enriched edition. Including The Classic Biography: The Life of William Shakespeare

by William Shakespeare, Todd Ramsey ...

William Shakespeare's play 'Troilus & Cressida' is a complex and dark tragedy that delves into themes of love, war, honor, and betrayal. Set during the Trojan War, the play intricately weaves together the stories of the titular characters, Troilus and Cressida, against the backdrop of a larger conflict. The language is rich and poetic, showcasing Shakespeare's mastery of dramatic dialogue and ... Read more

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William Shakespeare's play 'Troilus & Cressida' is a complex and dark tragedy that delves into themes of love, war, honor, and betrayal. Set during the Trojan War, the play intricately weaves together the stories of the titular characters, Troilus and Cressida, against the backdrop of a larger conflict. The language is rich and poetic, showcasing Shakespeare's mastery of dramatic dialogue and
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Plato and the Stoics

Edited by A. G. Long ...

Plato was central both to the genesis of Stoic theory and to subsequent debates within the Stoa. These essays provide new and detailed explorations of the complex relationship between Plato and the Greek and Roman Stoic traditions, and together they show the directness and independence with which Stoics examined Plato's writing. What were the philosophical incentives to consulting and then ... Read more

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Plato was central both to the genesis of Stoic theory and to subsequent debates within the Stoa. These essays provide new and detailed explorations of the complex relationship between Plato and the Greek and Roman Stoic traditions, and together they show the directness and independence with which Stoics examined Plato's writing. What were the philosophical incentives to consulting and then
... Read more
The Literature of Wales

by Dafydd Johnston ...

Series Book 1 - Pocket Guides
A concise and authoritative survey of both the Welsh- and English-language literatures of Wales from the earliest period up to the present day. This illustrated guide, containing extracts from original texts with English translations, is a revised version of Professor Dafydd Johnston's volume in the University of Wales's Pocket Guide series, and includes a new chapter on contemporary writing. ... Read more

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A concise and authoritative survey of both the Welsh- and English-language literatures of Wales from the earliest period up to the present day. This illustrated guide, containing extracts from original texts with English translations, is a revised version of Professor Dafydd Johnston's volume in the University of Wales's Pocket Guide series, and includes a new chapter on contemporary writing.
... Read more
Around the Sun

Stories and Symbols from Across the World

by Yoshi Yoshitani ...

Discover the universal allure of the hero’s journey captured in these global folktales, powerfully retold and gorgeously illustrated by the author and artist behind Tarot of the Divine and Beneath the MoonAround the Sun is a storybook comprised of twelve beautifully illustrated folktales from all around the world and across time, each featuring classic tropes such as a Hero, a Challenge, an ... Read more

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Discover the universal allure of the hero’s journey captured in these global folktales, powerfully retold and gorgeously illustrated by the author and artist behind Tarot of the Divine and Beneath the MoonAround the Sun is a storybook comprised of twelve beautifully illustrated folktales from all around the world and across time, each featuring classic tropes such as a Hero, a Challenge, an
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Happily

A Personal History-with Fairy Tales

by Sabrina Orah Mark ...

WINNER OF THE NATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARD • A beautifully written memoir-in-essays on fairy tales and their surprising relevance to modern life, from a Jewish woman raising Black children in the American South—based on her acclaimed Paris Review column “Happily”“One of the most inventive, phenomenally executed books I’ve read in decades.”—Kiese Laymon, author of HeavyFINALIST FOR THE SOUTHERN BOOK ... Read more

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WINNER OF THE NATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARD • A beautifully written memoir-in-essays on fairy tales and their surprising relevance to modern life, from a Jewish woman raising Black children in the American South—based on her acclaimed Paris Review column “Happily”“One of the most inventive, phenomenally executed books I’ve read in decades.”—Kiese Laymon, author of HeavyFINALIST FOR THE SOUTHERN BOOK
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The Werewolf in the Ancient World

by Daniel Ogden ...

In a moonlit graveyard somewhere in southern Italy, a soldier removes his clothes in readiness to transform himself into a wolf. He depends upon the clothes to recover his human shape, and so he magically turns them to stone, but his secret is revealed when, back in human form, he is seen to carry a wound identical to that recently dealt to a marauding wolf. In Arcadia a man named Damarchus ... Read more

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In a moonlit graveyard somewhere in southern Italy, a soldier removes his clothes in readiness to transform himself into a wolf. He depends upon the clothes to recover his human shape, and so he magically turns them to stone, but his secret is revealed when, back in human form, he is seen to carry a wound identical to that recently dealt to a marauding wolf. In Arcadia a man named Damarchus
... Read more

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