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  • Access to ICT

    Curriculum Planning and Practical Activities for Pupils with Learning Difficulties

    by Liz Singleton, Iain Ross, Liz Flavell ...
    First Published in 2005. Written in plain English and full of ways to broaden pupils' learning experiences this book looks at: the effective use of resources through good planning; helping pupils meet individual targets that fit in with the P levels; the work of City Learning Centres and how to use that expertise to meet specific needs. Written for SENCOs and teachers in mainstream schools, ... Read more

    $36.99 USD

  • Oscar Wilde and Ancient Greece

    by Iain Ross ...
    Series Book 82 - Cambridge Studies in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Culture
    From his boyhood Oscar Wilde was haunted by the literature and culture of ancient Greece, but until now no full-length study has considered in detail the texts, institutions and landscapes through which he imagined Greece. The archaeology of Celtic Ireland, explored by the young Wilde on excavations with his father, informed both his encounter with the archaeology of Greece and his conviction that ... Read more

    $38.59 USD

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  • English Mystery Plays

    Edited by Peter Happe ...
    Humour, pathos and suffering, and the culminating drama of the Crucifixion and Resurrection, give these plays a wonderful immediacy. Their action was conceived on a cosmic scale and all the enthusiasm and vitality of their writing is retained to this day. The energies of whole communities, notably at Chester, York and Wakefield, were devoted to their production and they were to influence later ... Read more

    $20.19 USD

  • Medieval Writers and their Work

    Middle English Literature 1100-1500

    by J. A. Burrow ...
    In an updated edition of his hugely successful student introduction to English literature from 1100 to 1500, J. A. Burrow takes account of scholarly developments in the the field, most notably devoting a final chapter to the impact of historicism on medieval studies. Full of information and stimulating ideas, and a pleasure to read, Burrow's book deals with circumstances of composition and ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • Christopher Marlowe in Context

    Edited by Emily C. Bartels, Emma Smith ...
    Series series Literature in Context
    A contemporary of William Shakespeare and Ben Jonson, Christopher Marlowe was one of the most influential early modern dramatists, whose life and mysterious death have long been the subject of critical and popular speculation. This collection sets Marlowe's plays and poems in their historical context, exploring his world and his wider cultural influence. Chapters by leading international scholars ... Read more

    $36.89 USD

  • Aeschylus: Eumenides

    by Robin Mitchell-Boyask ...
    Series series Companions to Greek and Roman Tragedy
    The "Eumenides", the concluding drama in Aeschylus' sole surviving trilogy, the "Oresteia", is not only one of the most admired Greek tragedies, but also one of the most controversial and contested, both to specialist scholars and public intellectuals. It stands at the crux of the controversies over the relationship between the fledgling democracy of Athens and the dramas it produced during the ... Read more

    $23.99 USD

  • The Cambridge Introduction to Early Modern Drama, 1576–1642

    by Julie Sanders ...
    Series series Cambridge Introductions to Literature
    Engaging and stimulating, this Introduction provides a fresh vista of the early modern theatrical landscape. Chapters are arranged according to key genres (tragedy, revenge, satire, history play, pastoral and city comedy), punctuated by a series of focused case studies on topics ranging from repertoire to performance style, political events to the physical body of the actor, and from plays in ... Read more

    $27.89 USD

  • The Comedies

    by Terence, Peter Brown ...
    Series series Oxford World's Classics
    'I thought you'd do what the common run of slaves normally do, cheating and tricking me because my son's having an affair.' Terence's comedies have provided plots and characters for comic drama from classical times to the present; the outstanding comic playwright of his generation at Rome, he has influenced authors from Molière and Wycherley to P. G. Wodehouse. Scheming slaves, parasites, ... Read more

    $11.39 USD

  • Aristotle and the Arc of the Tragedy

    Oedipus Rex, Othello, Death of a Salesman

    by Leon Golden ...
    Aristotle and the Arc of Tragedy is the latest of Leon Golden's books to connect Ancient Greece to modern culture. In a world facing many pressing issues Classics professor Golden wants to champion the values and achievements of Classical Civilization. He asserts that Homeric Epic and Greek Tragedy are as relevant today as they were millennia ago because they are riveting and insightful studies of ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Creating Innovation Leaders

    A Global Perspective

    Edited by Banny Banerjee, Stefano Ceri ...
    Series series Business and Management (R0)
    This book focuses on the process of creating and educating innovation leaders through specialized programs, which are offered by leading academic schools. Accordingly, the book is divided into two parts. While the first part provides the theoretical foundations of why and how innovation leaders should be created, the second part presents evidence that these foundations can already be found in the ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Tragedy's Endurance

    Performances of Greek Tragedies and Cultural Identity in Germany since 1800

    by Erika Fischer-Lichte ...
    Series series Classical Presences
    This volume sets out a novel approach to theatre historiography, presenting the history of performances of Greek tragedies in Germany since 1800 as the history of the evolving cultural identity of the educated middle class throughout that period. Philhellenism and theatromania took hold in this milieu amidst attempts to banish the heavily French-influenced German court culture of the mid ... Read more

    $109.79 USD

  • Lucian and His Roman Voices

    Cultural Exchanges and Conflicts in the Late Roman Empire

    by Eleni Bozia ...
    Series series Routledge Monographs in Classical Studies
    Lucian and His Roman Voices examines cultural exchanges, political propaganda, and religious conflicts in the Early Roman Empire through the eyes of Lucian, his contemporary Roman authors, and Christian Apologists. Offering a multi-faceted analysis of the Lucianic corpus, this book explores how Lucian, a Syrian who wrote in Greek and who became a Roman citizen, was affected by the socio-political ... Read more

    $61.99 USD