Jan H. Blits' The Heart of Rome: Ancient Rome's Political Culture examines the political activities and institutions of pre-Imperial Rome in... Læs mere
This book is a thorough examination and fresh interpretation of Shakespeare’s presentation of the final throes of republican Rome’s decay and... Læs mere
While some criticism of "Julius Caesar" has stressed the corruption of the common people and the Republic's enemies within the patrician... Læs mere
This work studies Shakespeare's portrayal of the founding of Athens through a close reading of one of the Bard's most memorable comedies. It shows how Shakespeare's portrayal of this first democracy illuminates the natural doubleness of the human soul.
The human soul is for pre-modern philosophers the cause of both thinking and life. This double aspect of the soul, which makes man a rational animal, expresses... Læs mere