Heinrich von Kleist was born and grew up in the Enlightenment and died in a suicidepact in 1811, aged only thirty-four. He left behind him literary works which areamong the most disturbing and amusing of any produced in that revolutionary andromantic period.
A collection of sources in translation. It is suitable for use in courses on the Counter-Reformation, on the history of the Jesuit order, or as part of a more general course on the history of Christianity in the early modern period.
A translation of the complete correspondence of Abelard and Heloise, this volume also includes a translation of "The Calamities of Abelard", of the... Læs mere
Designed for use in various undergraduate courses focused on ancient Greece, this collection offers translations of the twelve legal... Læs mere
A fully annotated edition of the most dramatic part of the most famous story of the Arthurian legend. It is presented with the original spelling to bring it as close as possible to the medieval original.
"An elegant, precise, and accessible modern-English rendering of the two best examples of the early modern... Læs mere
Featuring Cecelia Eaton Luschnig's annotated verse translations of Euripides' Electra, Iphigenia among the Tauri, and Orestes, this volume offers an ideal avenue for exploring the... Læs mere
Contains the "Poetics" and the first twelve chapters of the "Rhetoric, Book III".
Offering an understanding of politics in fifth-century Athens, this title constructs models of Athenian political groupings to explain the rise of the 'new politicians', young men who launched a different kind of democracy by appealing to the citizenry at large.
Collects the lectures that represent the distillation of Hegel's views on the three most important activities of spirit. This title... Læs mere
Relating the misadventures of Captain Farrago and his sidekick, Teague O Regan, this novel covers the major ethnic, racial, religious, or political issues of the twenty-eight year period beginning with Washington's presidency ending with that of Madison.