The early modern period is often seen as a pivotal stage in the emergence of a recognizably modern form of the state. Agents beyond the State returns to this context in order to examine the literary a ... 続きを読む
How delightful it would be to be a governess!'
When the young Agnes Grey takes up her first post as governess she is full of hope; she believes she only has to remember 'myself at their age' to wi ... 続きを読む
Long may the barbarians continue, I pray, if not to love us, at least to hate one another.' Cornelius Tacitus, Rome's greatest historian and the last great writer of classical Latin prose, produced hi ... 続きを読む
Explores the life and work of Albert Camus, major cultural icon of the twentieth century
Offers a comprehensive view of Camus' major works and interventions including his notion of the absurd and ... 続きを読む
'Will you write in my album?' Many Romantic poets were asked this question by women who collected contributions in their manuscript books. Those who obliged included Byron, Scott, Wordsworth, and Lamb ... 続きを読む
How did Alexander Pope become the greatest poet of the eighteenth century? Modern scholarship has typically taken Pope's rise to greatness and subsequent remoteness from lesser authors for granted. As ... 続きを読む
Algebraic Art explores the invention of a peculiarly Victorian account of aesthetic form, and it traces that account to a surprising source: mathematics. Victorian mathematicians reconceived mathemat ... 続きを読む
This is the first rigorous scholarly edition of a substantial selection of the work of Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837-1909) ever produced. Swinburne was one of the most brilliant and controversial p ... 続きを読む
This volume in the 21st-Century Oxford Authors series offers students and readers a comprehensive selection of the work of Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837-1909). This authoritative edition presents s ... 続きを読む
A new edition of Lewis Carroll's classic Alice stories by one of the foremost children's literature experts, Peter Hunt, and featuring Tenniel's much-loved illustrations.
Includes the 'Wasp in a ... 続きを読む
