by edited and with an introduction by Harold Bloom (2010)
Shakespeare's tragedy about two star-crossed lovers from warring families has stirred audiences and readers alike and inspired other artists for generations. This invaluable literary reference guide offers a selection of the finest contemporary criticism of this classic Shakespeare play, plus an introduction from Shakespearean scholar Harold Bloom, a list of other works by the Bard, an annotated bibliography, and an index for easy reference.
Essam Safty
Le triomphe bruyant de la mort à l'âge baroque porta préjudice à sa propre intelligence : le dynamisme dont fut investi le vocable baroque détourna les regards vers le sensible et noya l'intelligible dans le spectaculaire. Ainsi, cet ouvrage se propose-t-il de porter un regard, à la fois nouveau et dégagé de tout raccourci, sur les implications idéologiques, morales, religieuses et dramaturgiques du phénomène de la mort dans un poème tragique.
Lyane Guillaume
Fictional work on Begum Jahanara, 1614-1680, princess and daughter of Shahjahan, Emperor of India, ca. 1592-1666; translated from orginal French.
Gillian Bradshaw
Spring, 266 BC. When Isokrates, helmsman of the Rhodian warship Atalanta, encounters a pirate vessel off the Lycian coast, he finds himself caught up in affairs of state more deadly than the naval battles hes accustomed to. Among the pirates victims is a beautiful woman, the mistress of a king, who is fleeing to her lovers enemy with news that will start a war to engulf the whole of the east.
C.E. Carrington. Part 1, Making ofthe Empire
A classic study of the expansion of the British peoples overseas. This volume deals with the early British ventures overseas from the seventeenth to the late nineteenth century. Professor Carrington describes the establishment of the American colonies, the activities of the East India Company, the exploration of the South Seas and British activities in the Cape and the East.