Renaissance Psychologies: Spenser and Shakespeare (Reid Robert Lanier)(Pevná vazba)

Renaissance Psychologies: Spenser and Shakespeare (Reid Robert Lanier)(Pevná vazba)

A thorough and scholarly study of Spenser and Shakespeare and their contrary artistry, covering themes of theology, psychology, the depictions of passion and intellect, moral counsel, family hierarchy, self-love, temptation, folly, allegory, female heroism, the supernatural and much more

Spenser and Donne: Thinking Poets (Ryzhik Yulia)(Pevná vazba)

This edited collection of essays, part of The Manchester Spenser series, brings together leading Spenser and Donne scholars to challenge the traditionally dichotomous view of these two major poets and to shift the critical conversation towards a more holistic, relational view of the two authors'

Tycho Brahe and the Measure of the Heavens (Christianson John Robert)(Pevná vazba)

The Danish aristocrat and astronomer Tycho Brahe personified the inventive vitality of Renaissance life in the sixteenth century. Brahe lost his nose in a student duel, wrote Latin poetry, and built one of the most astonishing villas of the late Renaissance, while virtually inventing team research

Wit's Treasury: Renaissance England and the Classics (Orgel Stephen)(Pevná vazba)

As England entered the Renaissance and as humanism, with its focus on classical literature and philosophy, informed the educational system, English intellectuals engaged in a concerted effort to remake the culture, language, manners--indeed, the whole national style--through adapting the classics

A Rothschild Renaissance: The Waddesdon Bequest (Thornton Dora)(Pevná vazba)

A beautiful and sumptuously illustrated book presenting the highlights of Renaissance court treasuresThis book presents and explores the Waddesdon Bequest, the name given to the Kunstkammer or cabinet collection of Renaissance treasures which was bequeathed to the British Museum by Baron Ferdinand

The genres of Renaissance tragedy (Cadman Daniel)(Pevná vazba)

These twelve new essays show the variety and versatility of Renaissance tragedy and highlight the issues it explores. Each chapter defines a particular kind of Renaissance tragedy and offers new research on a particularly striking example. Collectively the essays offer a critical overview of

Sonnets And Narrative Poems (Shakespeare William)(Pevná vazba)

A complete and annotated edition of Shakespeare's non-dramatic verse, including the sonnets, 'Venus and Adonis' and 'The Rape of

Bob Reid's Railway Revolution - Sir Robert Reid, how he transformed Britain's railways to be the best in Europe (Muir George)(Pevná vazba)

Shakespeare and Lost Plays: Reimagining Drama in Early Modern England (McInnis David)(Pevná vazba)

Shakespeare and Lost Plays returns Shakespeare's dramatic work to its most immediate and (arguably) pivotal context; by situating it alongside the hundreds of plays known to Shakespeare's original audiences, but lost to us. David McInnis reassesses the value of lost plays in relation to both the

Shakespeare and Faulkner: Selves and Others (Zender Karl F.)(Pevná vazba)

Shakespeare and Faulkner: Selves and Others explores the moral and ethical dilemmas that characters face inside themselves and in their interactions with others in the works of these two famed authors. Karl F. Zender's characterological study offers insightful, critically rigorous, and at times

All the Sonnets of Shakespeare (Shakespeare William)(Pevná vazba)

Intended for all readers of Shakespeare, this beautiful and ground-breaking book arranges Shakespeare's sonnets printed in 1609 in chronological order and intersperses the sonnets from the plays among them. A lively introduction provides essential background, while explanatory notes and modern

Robert Lenkiewicz - Paintings and Projects(Pevná vazba)

Emulating Antiquity: Renaissance Buildings from Brunelleschi to Michelangelo (Hemsoll David)(Pevná vazba)

A revelatory account of the complex and evolving relationship of Renaissance architects to classical antiquity Focusing on the work of architects such as Brunelleschi, Bramante, Raphael, and Michelangelo, this extensively illustrated volume explores how the understanding of the antique changed over

King Lear (Shakespeare William)(Pevná vazba)

In Shakespeare's thrilling and hugely influential tragedy, ageing King Lear makes a capricious decision to divide his realm between his three daughters according to the love they express for him. Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket sized classics with

Shakespeare - The Theatre of Our World (Conrad Peter)(Pevná vazba)

Peter Conrad explores the phenomenon of Shakespeare, and assesses Shakespeare's global legacy across every continent and across every genre of the creative

Biographic Shakespeare (Croot VIV)(Pevná vazba)

Many people know that William Shakespeare (1564-1616) was a playwright and poet, who wrote Romeo and Juliet and Macbeth and is widely considered the greatest dramatist of all time. What, perhaps, they don't know is that he wrote 37 plays and 154 sonnets; that he left behind six different versions

Making Sense of Metaphors and Other Tropes (Reid David)(Pevná vazba)

In Making Sense of Metaphors and Other Tropes, veteran literary scholar David Reid examines figures of speech, arguing that figures of speech in prose and poetry, literature and talk, make sense as turns of rhetoric by means of their energeia (vividness, radiance, clat). Reid analyzes figures from

Sofonisba's Lesson: A Renaissance Artist and Her Work (Cole Michael W.)(Pevná vazba)

The formation and career of the first major woman artist of the Renaissance Sofonisba Anguissola (ca. 1535-1625) was the daughter of minor Lombard aristocrats who made the unprecedented decision to have her trained as a painter outside the family house. She went on to serve as an instructor to

Shakespeare and the Ethics of War (Gray Patrick)(Pevná vazba)

How does Shakespeare represent war? This volume reviews scholarship to date on the question and introduces new perspectives, looking at contemporary conflict through the lens of the

Shakespeare, Spectatorship and the Technologies of Performance (Aebischer Pascale)(Pevná vazba)

Shakespeare, Spectatorship and the Technologies of Performance examines how rapid changes in performance technologies affect modes of spectatorship for early modern drama. It argues that seemingly disparate developments - such as the revival of early modern architectural and lighting technologies,

Renaissance - The Cultural Rebirth of Europe (Wright John D)(Pevná vazba)

Fully illustrated throughout, The Renaissance is a highly accessible and colourful journey along the cultural contours of Europe from the Late Middle Ages to the early modern

Merchant of Venice (Shakespeare William)(Pevná vazba)

Initially described as a comedy, Shakespeare's explorations of prejudice, duty and the nature of justice make The Merchant of Venice a far darker, more alluring play. Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon

Ounce Dice Trice (Reid Alastair)(Pevná vazba)

What can words be, or rather, what can't they be? Poet Alastair Reid introduces children and adults to the wondrous waywardness of words in Ounce Dice Trice, a delicious confection and a wildly unexpected exploration of sound and sense and nonsense that is like nothing else. Reid offers light words

New History of Italian Renaissance Art (Campbell Stephen J.)(Pevná vazba)

A new edition of Campbell and Cole's acclaimed survey of Italian Renaissance art, updated to reflect the very latest scholarship and contemporary