This finely produced book is very well illustrated with both color plates and abundant black and white photographs and maps. The subject is architecture, art, and related culture in Newcastle and Nort
Giacomo Leopardi (1798-1837) and Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822) crossed paths during their lifetimes, and though they never met, the legacy of their work betrays a shared destiny.
The series Corpus Rubenianum Ludwig Burchard issued volume 1 in 1968, when it was projected to comprise six volumes and offer a definitive catalogue of Rubens's oeuvre; Burchard (1886-1960) had envisi
Correa (literature, Open U.) compiles 15 essays that examine the relationship between music and literature, specifically theoretical issues, allusions to music in literature and vice versa, gender, an
This atlas is the definitive account in maps and words of the historic royal towns of Windsor and Eton. There has never been an account of the history of Eton town, and although Windsor Castle has bee
That a symbolic object or work of art participates in what it signifies, as a part within a whole, was a controversial claim discussed with particular intensity in the wake of Immanuel Kant’s Critique
Cruelty and Sentimentality: Greek Attitudes to Animals, 600-300 BC examines archaeological and literary evidence, between 600 and 300 BC, to discover how ancient Greeks regarded, interacted with, used
Molller-Wiering (textile research, U. of Copenhagen) reports the findings of the Textiles for War research project. She focuses on the four bog sites in Germany and Denmark that are well known for con
In the superb edition of an early fifteenth-century collection of saint's lives, Waters (English, University of California, Davis) presents a complete analysis of the three base manuscripts, their pro
A full and thoroughly researched exposition of Marx's and Engel's ideas on morality and ethics, bringing out both the strengths and the weaknesses of their approach.
Professor Sauerländer is the leading authority on Gothic sculpture of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. The papers collected here have been published over the last 35 years. They represent importa
Professor Sauerländer is the leading authority on Gothic sculpture of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. The papers collected here have been published over the last 35 years. They represent importa
The first volume of Peter Brears’ history of English cookery covered the Middle Ages. It was so good that it won outright the Andre Simon Award for the best food book of 2009. This will be even better
The Troodos Mountains, in central Cyprus, is a region of great physical and cultural diversity. The landscapes range from fertile, cultivated plains to narrow, dry valleys and forested mountain region
Hatra is a relatively small area situated between Parthia and Rome, which has become one of the richest archeological sites in the world. As such, it has become a major source of information about cla
One of many writers inspired by Laurence Sterne’s Tristram Shandy, the German novelist Jean Paul Richter coined the term ‘Shandean humour’ in his work of aesthetic theory. The essays in this volume in
Excavations at the Isthmian Sanctuary and Fortress, undertaken since the 1950s by the American School of Classical Studies at Athens, have uncovered 150-plus graves and 100-plus skeletons. Under the d
This volume aims to define the changing nature of lordship in Viking and early medieval Scandinavia. Advances in settlement archaeology and cultural geography have revealed new aspects of social power
This book, summarizing more than 25 years of research by a multinational team of scholars, chronicles the cultural and artistic development in a key region of Colombia from 8000 BC to the early Col
A new critical biography of two iconic characters of the 20th century, Lawrence Johnston, the designer of the iconic garden at Hidcote in Gloucestershire and Edith Wharton, the novelist. Wharton’s dia
The importance of Norwich as the second city of England for 500 years is explored in this volume in nineteen essays and seven site reports. Current understanding of the city's origins and development
The papers in this volume, which were presented in 2011, at the first conference the British Archaeological Association held in Poland, explore the medieval art, architecture and archaeology of the ci
"This study aims to reach a better understanding of a key period in Cretan and European history through a comprehensive study of the totality of the known Cretan mortuary record during the Pre- and Pr
The coinage struck posthumously in the name of Faustina the Elder, wife of the Roman emperor Antoninus Pius, was the largest such issue ever produced by the mint of Rome. Until now it has been impossi
A fascination with childhood unites the artist Louise Bourgeois (1911-2010) and the writers Samuel Beckett (1906-89) and Marcel Proust (1871-1922). But while many commentators have traced their childh
First presented at the 2008 Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies conference, the 13 essays of this collection examine issues, definitions, and case studies in the display and effective
In postwar France and Greece, says Papanikolaou (modern Greek, U. of Oxford) popular music was dominated by discussions about what constituted a good popular song in which literary criteria often pred
This work chronicles the rediscovery of Egypt and its priceless art treasures by European travellers over the last 500 years. The author interweaves text and colour illustrations, many of which are th
Ships and shipbuilding were important elements of Viking culture and a precondition for trade, warfare and conquest. The important excavations at the Viking towns of Hedeby and Schleswig-Holstein reve
In the series of final publications for the Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore, this book presents ceramic material from Roman Corinth (primarily from the middle of the first century to the end of the four
Ten seasons of excavation at Tel Anafa (at the foot of the Golan Heights in the Upper Galilee of modern Israel) revealed the remains of a rich and remarkably well-preserved Hellenistic settlement show
Carthage is mainly known as the city that was utterly destroyed by the Romans in 146 BC. This book tells the story about this fascinating city, which for centuries was the centre of a far-flung trade
In mid-eighteenth-century Europe, a taste for sentiment accompanied the 'rise of the novel', and the success of Samuel Richardson (1689-1761) played a vital role in this. James Fowler's new study is t
In this work for professionals and graduate students, editors Eysenck et al. present selected papers from the 2008 Biennial Symposium on Personality and Social Psychology, organized by the Warsaw Scho
This volume examines Florentine society at crucial moments of change that are often treated separately in historical narratives: the later years of Medici government under the aegis of Lorenzo the Mag
The author states that in his study he "...tried to establish the significance and function of expressions, gestures, and attitudes as performed by Caravaggio's figures by regarding them as codes typi
This text examines current historical perspectives on the use and meaning of the terms "optimates" and "populares" in the late stages of the Roman Republic. The text is a revision of Robb's doctoral t
An examination of the Nasser Khalili Collection of Islamic art, which catalogues specifically the 250 Arabic documents written in papyrus which are owned by the Collection. The entries are catalogued
Archaic Sicily has historical narrative only for the very beginning (Thucydides) and very end (Herodotus), says De Angelis (classical, Near Eastern, and religious studies; U. of British Columbia-Vanco
