Antigone; Oedipus the King; Electra
Love and loyalty, hatred and revenge, fear, deprivation, and political ambition: these are the motives which thrust the characters portrayed in these three Sophoclean masterpieces on to their collision course with catastrophe. Recognized in his ow...
D. H. Lawrence and Italy
In these impressions of the Italian countryside: 'Twilight in Italy', 'Sea and Sardina', and 'Etruscan Places', the author transforms ordinary incidents into passages of intense beauty.
Greeks
The Greeks were extraordinary not least because they evolved "a totally new conception of what human life was for". Elaborating on that claim, the author explores the life, culture and history of classical Greece.
Greek Tragedy
Why did Aeschylus characterize differently from Sophocles? Why did Sophocles introduce the third actor? Why did Euripides not make better plots? So asks H.D.F Kitto in his acclaimed study of Greek tragedy, available for the first time in Routledge...
The Selected Letters of D. H. Lawrence
An authoritative selection of letters by one of the great English letter-writers, first published in 1997, is also available in paperback.
Hall of Smoke
Epic fantasy featuring warrior priestesses and fickle gods at war, for readers of Brian Staveley's Chronicles of the Unhewn Throne. Hessa is an Eangi: a warrior priestess of the Goddess of War, with the power to turn an enemy's bones to dust with ...
Hall Miba Snöborste
En smidig och praktisk snöborste i plast. Den har en mjuk borste för enkel snöborttagning och en ögla för upphängning. Borsten är vit med gråa detaljer. Mått: 5,5 x 36 x 7 cm.
Hall Miba Imskyddsduk
Impregnerad imskyddsduk som håller rutan fri från imma. Mått: 310x220 mm.
Hall Miba Vindruteskydd
Snö- och solskydd för vindrutan med aluminiumbeläggning samt skumbeläggning på baksidan. Förhindrar isbildning på vintern samt reflekterar solen på sommaren. Skyddet kläms fast mellan dörr och dörrstolpe. Mått: 145 x 80 cm.
Ghost Stories Of Edith Wharton
With a new introduction by Kelly Link In these powerful and elegant tales, Edith Wharton evokes moods of disquiet and darkness within her own era. In icy new England a fearsome double foreshadows the fate of a rich young man; a married farmer is b...
Ghost Stories of Edith Wharton
Selected & Introduced by David Stuart Davies. Traumatised by ghost stories in her youth, Pulitzer Prize winning author Edith Wharton (1862 -1937) channelled her fear and obsession into creating a series of spine-tingling tales filled with spir...
Ghost Stories Of Edith Wharton
In these powerful and elegant tales, Edith Wharton evokes moods of disquiet and darkness within her own era. In icy newEngland a fearsome double foreshadowsthe fate of a rich young man; a married farmer is bewitched by a dead girl; a ghostly bell ...
Adventures with Iphigenia in Tauris
Human sacrifice, a spirited heroine, a quest ending in a hairsbreadth escape, the touching reunion of long-lost siblings, and exquisite poetry--these features have historically made Euripides' Iphigenia in Tauris one of the most influential of Gre...
Greek Tragedy
This is an invaluable introduction to ancient Greek tragedy which discusses every surviving play in detail and provides all the background information necessary for understanding the context and content of the plays. Edith Hall argues that the ess...
New York Stories Of Edith Whart
The New York Stories Of Edith Whart
Flora Poetica- Edith Södergran I Växtriket
Dikter om växter och förgänglighet från tidigt 1900-tal i dialog med bilder av idag. Södergrans och Bergströms verk talar med varandra, till varandra - genom fröet, halmstrået, rosen. Dikturval och essä: Agneta Rahikainen.
Sophocles
Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring This Very Short Introduction introduces the life, work, and influence of one of the greatest dramatists of all time, Sophocles the Athenian. Placing his plays within their historical context, and explaining the conventions of ancient Greek tragic theatre, Edith Hall spotlights their distinctive features-tight plots, titanic personalities, lucid style, sympathetic women, exquisite poetry, and stagecraft. This analysis is followed by an account of how and why Sophoclean dramas have survived to be read and widely performed into the twenty-first century. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
Katori Hall Plays One
Katori Hall Plays One
Guyton & Hall Physiology Review
An ideal companion to the world's foremost physiology textbook, Guyton and Hall Physiology Review prepares you for exams as well as the physiology portion of the USMLE Step 1. You'll find more than 1,000 physiology questions and answers to i...
Adam Hall D903 Mikrofonklämma
Se till att den sitter ordentligt med den här högkvalitativa mikrofonen. Adam Hall D903 mikrofonklämma har en gummerad flexibel topp som garanterar en perfekt passform för de flesta mikrofoner. Med både 3/8 tum och 5/8 tum reducerare är det inga problem alls att montera det här klippet på mikrofonstativ. Om du behöver ett pålitligt mikrofonklipp som du kan lita på erbjuder D903 allt du letar efter. Den gummiliknande plastklämman ökar dess hållbarhet men hjälper också friktion för att hålla mikrofonen på plats. Kasta in den gummerade flexibla toppen så kan du vara säker på att din mikrofon går ingenstans i den här klämman.
Kitto: Crash
Sjunde albumet från rockens bäst bevarade hemlighet.. Kitto - den perfekta rock-sångerskan!På plattan hittar vi bl.a. Johnny Griparic (Slash's Snake Pit), Dean Pleasant (Suicidal Tendencies). "Crash is her most complete album so far and finally she feels that she's landed in what is her trueexpression with co-writer, producer and guitar player Pna Andersson".Kitto växer sig bara större och större och har nu spelat i mer än 36 länder.!
Rönnblom Anders F.: F-Biografin
Rönnblom Anders F.: F-Biografin [Bok]
Ancient Greeks
They gave us democracy, philosophy, poetry, rational science, the joke. They built the Parthenon and the Library of Alexandria. They wrote the timeless myths of Odysseus and Oedipus, and the histories of Leonidas's three hundred Spartans and Alexa...
Introducing the Ancient Greeks: From Bronze Age Seafarers to Navigators of the Western Mind
The ancient Greeks invented democracy, theater, rational science, and philosophy. They built the Parthenon and the Library of Alexandria. They wrote down the timeless myths of Odysseus and Oedipus, and the histories of Leonidas's three hundred Spa...
Epic of the Earth
An urgent study of Homer's Iliad, exposing the beginnings of the ecological disaster we now face and facilitating our understanding of its history ¿ "Exhilarating."-Emma Greensmith, Times Literary Supplement ¿ The roots of today's enviro...
Medea in Performance 1500-2000
This book provides an exhaustive account of the performance history of Euripides' tragedy and its various versions and adaptations from 1500 to 2000, filling some of the yawning gaps left by previous accounts of Medea.
Aristophanes in Performance 421 BC-AD 2007
This book traces the international performance history of Aristophanic comedy, and its implication in aesthetic and political controversies, from 421 BC to AD 2007. It includes Brechtian experiments in East Berlin, and musical theatre from Gilbert...
Aeschylus: Persians
A ghost summoned with bizarre rituals from the underworld, the elaborate protocol of the Persian court, desperate lamentation, self-mutilation, and a thrilling eye-witness account of the battle of Salamis - these are some of the features of Aeschy...
Facing Down the Furies
An award-winning classicist turns to Greek tragedies for the wisdom to understand the damage caused by suicide and help those who are contemplating suicide themselves ¿ "Remarkable, brave and compassionate."-Rowan Williams, New Statesman...
The Return of Ulysses: A Cultural History of Homer's Odyssey
The Return of Ulysses
Introducing The Ancient Greeks
Introducing The Ancient Greeks [Bok / Pocket]
Aristotle's Way: How Ancient Wisdom Can Change Your Life
From renowned classicist Edith Hall, ARISTOTLE'S WAY is an examination of one of history's greatest philosophers, showing us how to lead happy, fulfilled, and meaningful lives Aristotle was the first philosopher to inquire into subjective happiness, and he understood its essence better and more clearly than anyone since. According to Aristotle, happiness is not about well-being, but instead a lasting state of contentment, which should be the ultimate goal of human life. We become happy through finding a purpose, realizing our potential, and modifying our behavior to become the best version of ourselves. With these objectives in mind, Aristotle developed a humane program for becoming a happy person, which has stood the test of time, comprising much of what today we associate with the good life: meaning, creativity, and positivity. Most importantly, Aristotle understood happiness as available to the vast majority us, but only, crucially, if we decide to apply ourselves to its
Aristotle's Way
'Wonderful and timely ? Hugely recommended' STEPHEN FRY What do you and an ancient philosopher have in common? It turns out much more than you might think? Aristotle was an extraordinary thinker yet he was preoccupied by an ordinary question: how ...
The Collected Short Stories of Edith Wharton
The Collected Short Stories of Edith Wharton