Books From University Presses
Filter (1)
Sold out
$6.95
- Unit price
- / per
Lady Anna could be a great read for those who enjoy Victorian era novels with a strong female protagonist, political undertones and a romantic storyline. Trollope's ambivalence on the question of marriage and social norms adds depth to the story, making it both intense and powerful. The novel raises important questions about social inequality and the struggle for women's rights, which are still relevant today.
Sold out
David Skilton, Anthony Trollope, Peter Miles |
Oxford
University
Press,
1986,
W
Framley Parsonage
Regular price
$6.57
$4.60
30% off
- Unit price
- / per
Goodreads rating: 4.05
Regular price
$6.57
$4.60
30% off
- Unit price
- / per
"Framley Parsonage" offers a vivid portrayal of life in 19th century England, painting a compassionate picture of ambitious clergyman Mark Robarts who makes a costly mistake. Trollope's acute insight into human nature is on full display as the consequences of Robarts' actions threaten his family's future, making for a compelling read for lovers of historical fiction.
Sold out
$6.94
- Unit price
- / per
Middlemarch could be a great read for those who enjoy character-driven stories set against the backdrop of a changing society. The novel's exploration of art, science, politics, and human relationships remains relevant today. One of the most distinctive features of the book is its large cast of characters, each with their own unique hopes, dreams, and flaws. George Eliot's writing is insightful and empathetic, and her ability to create complex characters is unmatched. Overall, Middlemarch is a rich and rewarding read that will stay with you long after you finish it.
Sold out
Herbert Rosengarten, Margaret Smith, Charlotte Brontë |
Oxford
University
Press
The Professor
$6.16
- Unit price
- / per
Goodreads rating: 3.55
$6.16
- Unit price
- / per
The Professor could be a good read for those interested in feminist literature and realistic portrayals of the struggles of working-class individuals in Victorian England. The novella challenges expectations by portraying its hero and heroine as career-driven individuals whose paths to success are fraught with obstacles. Its historical backdrop of factory conditions and the spread of liberal ideas also make it a unique read.
Sold out
Karma Lingpa, Padmasambhava, W.Y. Evans-Wentz |
Oxford
University
Press
The Tibetan Book of the Dead : Or the After-Death Experiences on the Bardo Plane, according to Lama Kazi Dawa-Samdup's English Rendering
Regular price
$7.69
$5.38
30% off
- Unit price
- / per
Goodreads rating: 3.9
Regular price
$7.69
$5.38
30% off
- Unit price
- / per
The book offers a unique insight into the science of death and dying, as well as the belief in life after death and rebirth. It serves as a guide not only for the dead but also for the living, helping readers understand and prepare themselves for the transition of death. The book has a rich history of being discovered and rediscovered by readers of various backgrounds, from pre-war theosophists to contemporary hospice workers. The new foreword and afterword, as well as the suggested further reading list, provide readers with an even deeper understanding of this sacred text's significance and influence.
Sold out
William Shakespeare
|
Yale
University
Press
Macbeth
Regular price
$3.88
$2.72
30% off
- Unit price
- / per
Goodreads rating: 3.9
Regular price
$3.88
$2.72
30% off
- Unit price
- / per
75% off est. retail
Recommended for fans of historical tragedies. The play explores the consequences of unchecked ambition and guilt on the human psyche. Shakespeare's poetry and language elevates the dramatic and intimate story of Macbeth to new heights.
Sold out
Galileo Galilei
|
University
Of
Chicago
Press
Sidereus Nuncius or the Sidereal Messenger Galileo Galilei
$6.50
- Unit price
- / per
Goodreads rating: 3.92
$6.50
- Unit price
- / per
"This fine translation is a god-send. . . . Surely you want to read what Galileo wrote. If so buy this book. Van Helden's introduction is scholarly; no one knows more about Galileo's telescope; the translation is superb; Van Helden's review of the reception of the Sidereal Messenger is profound; the bibliography is extensive. What more can I say?"—David W. Hughes, The Observatory"[ Sidereus nunclus ] has never before been made available in its entirety in a continuous form, with full notes and comment. The introduction, translation and notes by Van Helden are a splendid example of the best scholarship and fullest accessibility. . . . we can now truly get to grips with the phenomenon of Galileo and what his life and work should mean to us today."—Robert Temple, Nature
Sold out
David Skilton, Mary Elizabeth Braddon |
Oxford
University
Press
Lady Audley's Secret
$6.43
- Unit price
- / per
Goodreads rating: 3.77
$6.43
- Unit price
- / per
56% off est. retail
This Victorian bestseller, along with Braddon's other famous novel, Aurora Floyd, established her as the main rival of the master of the sensational novel, Wilkie Collins. A protest against the passive, insipid 19th-century heroine, Lady Audley was described by one critic of the time as"high-strung, full of passion, purpose, and movement." Her crime (the secret of the title) is shown to threaten the apparently respectable middle-class world of Victorian England.About the Series: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the broadest spectrum of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expertintroductions by leading authorities, voluminous notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.
Sold out
Frances Burney, Edward A. Bloom |
Oxford
University
Press
Evelina: Or the History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World
$7.03
- Unit price
- / per
Goodreads rating: 3.69
$7.03
- Unit price
- / per
59% off est. retail
Frances Burney's first and most enduringly popular novel is a vivid, satirical, and seductive account of the pleasures and dangers of fashionable life in late eighteenth-century London. As she describes her heroine's entry into society, womanhood and, inevitably, love, Burney exposes the vulnerability of female innocence in an image-conscious and often cruel world where social snobbery and sexual aggression are played out in the public arenas of pleasure-gardens, theatre visits, and balls. But Evelina's innocence also makes her a shrewd commentator on the excesses and absurdities of manners and social ambitions—as well as attracting the attention of the eminently eligible Lord Orville. Evelina, comic and shrewd, is at once a guide to fashionable London, a satirical attack on the new consumerism, an investigation of women's position in the late eighteenth century, and a love story. The new introduction and full notes to this edition help make this richness all the more readily available to a modern reader.
Sold out
Madame de La Fayette, Terence Cave |
Oxford
University
Press
The Princesse de Cleves
$6.63
- Unit price
- / per
Goodreads rating: 3.35
$6.63
- Unit price
- / per
58% off est. retail
This new translation of The Princesse de Clèves also includes two shorter works also attributed to Mme de Lafayette, The Princesse de Montpensier and The Comtesse de Tende.
Sold out
William Shakespeare
|
Oxford
University
Press
MERCHANT OF VENICE
$4.96
- Unit price
- / per
Goodreads rating: 3.78
$4.96
- Unit price
- / per
45% off est. retail
The Oxford School Shakespeare is a well-established series which helps the reader to understand and enjoy Shakespeare's plays. Each play in the series contains the complete text with an extensive range of notes, background information on Shakespeare's England, suggestions for further reading,a brief biograohy of Shakespeare, and a complete list of his plays.
Sold out
Rosamund Bartlett, Anton Chekhov |
Oxford
University
Press
About Love and Other Stories
$5.53
- Unit price
- / per
Goodreads rating: 4.16
$5.53
- Unit price
- / per
Raymond Carver called Anton Chekhov "the greatest short story writer who has ever lived." This unequivocal verdict on Chekhov's genius has been echoed many times by writers as diverse as Katherine Mansfield, Somerset Maugham, John Cheever and Tobias Wolf. While his popularity as a playwright has sometimes overshadowed his achievements in prose, the importance of Chekhov's stories is now recognized by readers as well as by fellow authors. Their themes - alienation, the absurdity, and tragedy of human existence - have as much relevance today as when they were written, and these superb new translations capture their modernist spirit. Elusive and subtle, spare and unadorned, the stories in this selection are among Chekhov's most poignant and lyrical. The book includes well-known pieces such as The Lady with the Little Dog, as well as less familiar work like Gusev inspired by Chekhov's travels in the Far East, and Rothschild's Violin, a haunting and darkly humorous tale about death and loss. The stories are arranged chronologically to show the evolution of Chekhov's art.About the Series: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the broadest spectrum of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, voluminous notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.
Sold out
C.P. Snow, Stefan Collini |
Cambridge
University
Press
The Two Cultures
$5.69
- Unit price
- / per
Goodreads rating: 3.66
$5.69
- Unit price
- / per
The notion that our society, its education system and its intellectual life, is characterised by a split between two cultures—the arts or humanities on one hand, and the sciences on the other—has a long history. But it was C. P. Snow's Rede lecture of 1959 that brought it to prominence and began a public debate that is still raging in the media today. This 50th anniversary printing of The Two Cultures and its successor piece, A Second Look (in which Snow responded to the controversy four years later) features an introduction by Stefan Collini, charting the history and context of the debate, its implications and its afterlife. The importance of science and technology in policy run largely by non-scientists, the future for education and research, and the problem of fragmentation threatening hopes for a common culture are just some of the subjects discussed.
Sold out
Geoffrey Chaucer
|
Oxford
University
Press
The Riverside Chaucer : Reissued with a new foreword by Christopher Cannon
$16.02
- Unit price
- / per
Goodreads rating: 4.19
$16.02
- Unit price
- / per
The third edition of the definitive collection of Chaucer's Complete Works, reissued with a new foreword by Christopher Cannon. Since F. N. Robinson's second edition of the The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer was published in 1957, there has been a dramatic increase in Chaucer scholarship. This has not only enriched our understanding of Chaucer's art, but has also enabled scholars, working for the first time with all the source-material, to recreate Chaucer's authentic texts. For the third edition, an international team of experts completely re-edited all the works, added glosses to appear on the page with the text, and greatly expanded the introductory material, explanatory notes, textual notes, bibliography, and glossary. In short, the Riverside Chaucer is the fruit of many years' study - the most authentic and exciting edition available of Chaucer's Complete Works.
Sold out
Arthur Conan Doyle
|
Oxford
University
Press
A Study in Scarlet & Other Sherlock Holmes Adventures
$4.30
- Unit price
- / per
Goodreads rating: 4.29
$4.30
- Unit price
- / per
When Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson are called to a sinister house, they discover the body of a man whose face is filled with horror. Yet there are no signs of a struggle, just some letters written on the wall in blood. The police are baffled, but the brilliant Holmes uses his powers of deduction to trace the mystery through the damp, murky streets of London and back to the sun-scorched plains of America.About the Series: Oxford Children's Classics bring together the most unforgettable stories ever told. Complete and unabridged text allows children to discover the stories as they were meant to be read. Produced in beautifully designed hardback editions, the collection features well-loved classic stories readers will treasure and return to again and again.
Sold out
Roma Gill, William Shakespeare |
Oxford
University
Press
Oxford School Shakespeare: As You Like It
$4.75
- Unit price
- / per
Goodreads rating: 3.81
$4.75
- Unit price
- / per
This edition of As You Like It is especially designed for students, with accessible on-page notes and explanatory illustrations, clear background information, and rigorous but accessible scholarly credentials. This edition includes illustrations, preliminary notes, reading lists (including websites) and classroom notes, allowing students to master Shakespeare's work. About the Series: Newly redesigned and easier to read, each play in the Oxford School Shakespeare series includes the complete and unabridged text, detailed and clear explanations of difficult words and passages, a synopsis of the plot, summaries of individual scenes, and notes on the main characters. Also included is a wide range of questions and activities for work in class, together with the historical background to Shakespeare's England, a brief biography of Shakespeare, and a complete list of his plays.
Sold out
Edith Hall, Euripides, James Morwood |
Oxford
University
Press
The Trojan Women and Other Plays
$4.57
- Unit price
- / per
Goodreads rating: 4.01
$4.57
- Unit price
- / per
This volume of Euripides' plays offers new translations of the three great war plays Trojan Women, Hecuba , and Andromache , in which the sufferings of Troy's survivors are harrowingly depicted. With unparalleled intensity, Euripides--whom Aristotle called the most tragic of poets--describes the horrific brutality that both women and children undergo during war. Yet, in the war's aftermath, this brutality is challenged and a new battleground is revealed where the women of Troy evince an overwhelming greatness of spirit.We weep for the aged Hecuba in her name play and in Trojan Women , while at the same time we admire her resilience amid unrelieved suffering. Andromache, the slave-concubine of her husband's killer, endures her existence in the victor's country with a stoic nobility. Of their time yet timeless, these plays insist on the victory of the female spirit amid the horrors visited on them by the gods and men during war.About the For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the broadest spectrum of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, voluminous notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.
Sold out
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, David Luke |
Oxford
University
Press
Faust: Pt. 2
$3.99
- Unit price
- / per
Goodreads rating: 3.67
$3.99
- Unit price
- / per
This is a new translation of Faust, Part Two by David Luke, whose translation of Faust, Part I was the winner of the European Poetry Translation Prize. Here, Luke expertly imitates the varied verse-forms of the original, and provides a highly readable and actable translation which includes anintroduction, full notes, and an index of classical mythology.
Sold out
Boethius, Peter Walsh |
Oxford
University
Press
The Consolation of Philosophy
$4.86
- Unit price
- / per
Goodreads rating: 4.02
$4.86
- Unit price
- / per
Boethius composed De Consolation Philosophiae in the sixth century A.D. while awaiting death by torture, condemned on a charge of plotting against Gothic rule, which he protested as manifestly unjust. Though a Christian, Boethius details the true end of life as the soul's knowledge of God, and consoles himself with the tenets of Greek philosophy, not with Christian precepts. Written in a form called Meippean Satire that alternates between prose and verse, Boethius' work often consists of a story told by Ovid or Horace to illustrate the philosophy being expounded. The Consolation of Philosophy dominated the intellectual world of the Middle Ages; it inspired writers as diverse Thomas Aquinas, Jean de Meun, and Dante. In England it was rendered into Old English by Alfred the Great, into Middle English by Geoffrey Chaucer, and later Queen Elizabeth I made her own translation. The circumstances of composition, the heroic demeanor of the author, and the Meippean texture of part prose, part verse have been a fascination for students of philosophy, literature, and religion ever since.
Sold out
Various
|
Oxford
University
Press
España,
S.a.
Journey to the Centre of the Earth: 3700 Headwords
$3.06
- Unit price
- / per
Goodreads rating: 3.85
$3.06
- Unit price
- / per
This series of readers features adaptations of over 60 classic and popular literary works. Attractive and helpful illustrations clarify vocabulary and reinforce understanding of the stories, while questions and activities at the end of each book test understanding. Words essential to the story are explained within the text, illustrated, and then reused for maximum reinforcement. The books are graded at five vocabulary levels, ranging from 1,400 words (Intermediate) to 5,000 words (Advanced). Young adults from the Intermediate level upwards will enjoy reading the lively stories, and they can progress from level to level as their reading skills develop.
Sold out
Geoffrey Keynes, William Blake |
Oxford
University
Press
Songs of Innocence and Experience
$4.22
- Unit price
- / per
Goodreads rating: 4.09
$4.22
- Unit price
- / per
Blake was one of the finest craftsmen of his time, an artist for whom art and poetry were inextricably linked. He was an independent and rebellious thinker, who abhorred pretension and falsity in others. His "Songs of Innocence" are products of this innocent imagination untainted by worldliness, while the "Songs of Experience" resulted from his feelings of indignation and pity for the suffering of mankind.The "Songs of Innocence and of Experience," containing some of Blake's finest and best-loved poems, are present here in the form which satisfied the high expectations of his poetic and artistic aspirations. The fifty-four plates which Blake originally etched and coloured by hand, are faithfully reproduced with the same delicacy and dimensions as the artist created them.
Sold out
Emily Brontë
|
Oxford
University
Press
Oxford Children's Classics: Wuthering Heights
$7.31
- Unit price
- / per
Goodreads rating: 3.89
$7.31
- Unit price
- / per
45% off est. retail
When Heathcliff comes to live at Wuthering Heights as a child he forms a bond with his benefactor's daughter, Cathy. As the years pass the pair fall in love, but their happiness is short-lived and the events that unfold will bring terrible misfortune to the couple. A best-selling and hugelypopular classic which will transport readers to the wilds of the Yorkshire moors.About the Oxford Children's Classics bring together the most unforgettable stories ever told. Complete and unabridged text allows children to discover the stories as they were meant to be read. Produced in beautifully designed hardback editions, the collection features well-loved classic stories readers willtreasure and return to again and again.
Sold out
Edith Hall, Sophocles, H.D.F. Kitto |
Oxford
University
Press
Antigone: WITH Oedipus the King
$2.78
- Unit price
- / per
Goodreads rating: 3.95
$2.78
- Unit price
- / per
This volume contains three masterpieces by the Greek playwright Sophocles, widely regarded since antiquity as the greatest of all the tragic poets. The vivid translations, which combine elegance and modernity, are remarkable for their lucidity and accuracy, and are equally suitable for reading for pleasure, study, or theatrical performance. The selection of Antigone, Oedipus the King, and Electra not only offers the reader the most influential and famous of Sophocles' works, it also presents in one volume the two plays dominated by a female heroic figure, and the experience of the two great dynasties featured in Greek tragedy--the houses of Oedipus and Agamemnon.
Sold out
James M. May, Marcus Tullius Cicero |
Princeton
University
Press
How to Win an Argument : An Ancient Guide to the Art of Persuasion
$8.74
- Unit price
- / per
Goodreads rating: 3.65
$8.74
- Unit price
- / per
All of us are faced countless times with the challenge of persuading others, whether we're trying to win a trivial argument with a friend or convince our coworkers about an important decision. Instead of relying on untrained instinct--and often floundering or failing as a result--we'd win more arguments if we learned the timeless art of verbal persuasion, rhetoric. How to Win an Argument gathers the rhetorical wisdom of Cicero, ancient Rome's greatest orator, from across his works and combines it with passages from his legal and political speeches to show his powerful techniques in action. The result is an enlightening and entertaining practical introduction to the secrets of persuasive speaking and writing--including strategies that are just as effective in today's offices, schools, courts, and political debates as they were in the Roman forum.How to Win an Argument addresses proof based on rational argumentation, character, and emotion; the parts of a speech; the plain, middle, and grand styles; how to persuade no matter what audience or circumstances you face; and more. Cicero's words are presented in lively translations, with illuminating introductions; the book also features a brief biography of Cicero, a glossary, suggestions for further reading, and an appendix of the original Latin texts.Astonishingly relevant, this unique anthology of Cicero's rhetorical and oratorical wisdom will be enjoyed by anyone who ever needs to win arguments and influence people--in other words, all of us.
Sold out
Chrétien de Troyes, Burton Raffel |
Yale
University
Press
Cliges
$7.56
- Unit price
- / per
Goodreads rating: 3.58
$7.56
- Unit price
- / per
83% off est. retail
Cliges could be a good read for those interested in medieval literature, romance stories, and character development. Chretien's narrative style provides emotional depth to his characters and the world they live in. Raffel's translation reflects the original work's narrative tone and speed, making it accessible to modern readers. The book is filled with barbs, humor, and bawdiness.
Sold out
Anthony C. Yu, Wu Cheng'en |
University
Of
Chicago
Press
The Monkey and the Monk : An Abridgment of The Journey to the West
$11.10
- Unit price
- / per
Goodreads rating: 3.84
$11.10
- Unit price
- / per
Anthony C. Yu’s celebrated translation of The Journey to the West reinvigorated one of Chinese literature’s most beloved classics for English-speaking audiences when it first appeared thirty years ago. Yu’s abridgment of his four-volume translation, The Monkey and the Monk , finally distills the epic novel’s most exciting and meaningful episodes without taking anything away from their true spirit. These fantastic episodes recount the adventures of Xuanzang, a seventh-century monk who became one of China’s most illustrious religious heroes after traveling for sixteen years in search of Buddhist scriptures. Powerfully combining religious allegory with humor, fantasy, and satire, accounts of Xuanzang’s journey were passed down for a millennium before culminating in the sixteenth century with The Journey to the West . Now, readers of The Monkey and the Monk can experience the full force of his lengthy quest as he travels to India with four animal disciples, most significant among them a guardian-monkey known as “the Great Sage, Equal to Heaven.” Moreover, in its newly streamlined form, this acclaimed translation of a seminal work of world literature is sure to attract an entirely new following of students and fans. “A new translation of a major literary text which totally supersedes the best existing version. . . . It establishes beyond contention the position of The Journey to the West in world literature, while at the same time throwing open wide the doors to interpretive study on the part of the English audience.”— Modern Language Notes , on the unabridged translation
Sold out
Henry Chadwick, Augustine of Hippo |
Oxford
University
Press
Confessions
$8.90
- Unit price
- / per
Goodreads rating: 3.96
$8.90
- Unit price
- / per
If you're drawn to the intersection of philosophy, religion, and introspection, "Confessions" by Augustine may resonate deeply with you. Augustine's candid account of his tumultuous journey to Christian faith reveals the vulnerabilities and philosophical curiosities that define human experience. Henry Chadwick's clear, modern translation makes this classic spiritual autobiography accessible, inviting you to explore Augustine's transformative personal narrative alongside helpful explanatory notes that enrich understanding.
Sold out
John Gray, John Stuart Mill |
Oxford
University
Press
On Liberty and Other Essays
$5.61
- Unit price
- / per
Goodreads rating: 4.07
$5.61
- Unit price
- / per
Collected here in a single volume for the first time are John Stuart Mill's On Liberty, Utilitarianism, Considerations on Representative Governmen t, and The Subjection of Women . These essays show Mill applying his liberal utilitarian philosophy to a range of issues that remain vitaltoday--the nature of ethics, the scope and limits of individual liberty, the merits of and costs of democratic government, and the place of women in society. In his Introduction John Gray describes these essays as applications of Mill's doctrine of the Art of Life , as set out in A System ofLogic . Using the resources of recent scholarship, he shows Mill's work to be far richer and subtler than traditional interpretations allow.About the Series: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the broadest spectrum of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expertintroductions by leading authorities, voluminous notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.
Sold out
Geoffrey Keynes, William Blake |
Oxford
University
Press
Songs of Innocence and Experience
$4.22
- Unit price
- / per
Goodreads rating: 4.09
$4.22
- Unit price
- / per
Blake was one of the finest craftsmen of his time, an artist for whom art and poetry were inextricably linked. He was an independent and rebellious thinker, who abhorred pretension and falsity in others. His "Songs of Innocence" are products of this innocent imagination untainted by worldliness, while the "Songs of Experience" resulted from his feelings of indignation and pity for the suffering of mankind.The "Songs of Innocence and of Experience," containing some of Blake's finest and best-loved poems, are present here in the form which satisfied the high expectations of his poetic and artistic aspirations. The fifty-four plates which Blake originally etched and coloured by hand, are faithfully reproduced with the same delicacy and dimensions as the artist created them.
Sold out
H.J. Oliver, William Shakespeare |
Oxford
University
Press
The Taming of the Shrew: The Oxford Shakespeare
$3.30
- Unit price
- / per
Goodreads rating: 3.75
$3.30
- Unit price
- / per
One of Shakespeare's most rollicking and beloved comedies, The Taming of the Shrew was also one of his earliest, probably written about 1592. The introduction to this edition offers a full and original consideration of the play's textual problems, a study of sources, a survey of scholarship and criticism, with the editor's own critical appreciation, and a study of the comedy's fortunes in the theatre.About the For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the broadest spectrum of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, voluminous notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.
Sold out
Roma Gill, William Shakespeare |
Oxford
University
Press
Oxford School Shakespeare: Othello
$3.53
- Unit price
- / per
Goodreads rating: 3.89
$3.53
- Unit price
- / per
Oxford School Shakespeare is an acclaimed series especially designed for students, with accessible on-page notes that are easy to find and crystal clear. Each volume also includes decorative and explanatory illustrations, clear background information, rigorous but accessible commentary, up-to-date reading lists, the addresses of relevant websites, and classroom notes - all to help students to better appreciate the great works of Shakespeare. Now the six most popular books in the series have received a fresh new look.
Sold out
Alan Margolies, F. Scott Fitzgerald |
Oxford
University
Press
The Beautiful and Damned
$6.76
- Unit price
- / per
Goodreads rating: 3.73
$6.76
- Unit price
- / per
Fitzgerald's ironic epigraph to The Beautiful and the Damned exemplifies his attitude toward the young rootless post-World War I generation. Fitzgerald here once again displays a wariness of the upper classes - "an abiding distrust, and animosity toward the leisure class, not the conviction of a revolutionist but the smoldering hatred of a peasant." About the Series: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the broadest spectrum of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, voluminous notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.
Sold out
Niccolò Machiavelli, Mark Musa, Peter Bondanella |
Oxford
University
Press
The Prince
$3.88
- Unit price
- / per
Goodreads rating: 3.84
$3.88
- Unit price
- / per
First published in 1532, several years after Machiavelli's death, The Prince immediately fired a debate which has raged until the present day. It has variously been described as the first work to analyse the role of the political élite; as the book which established the independence of politics from theology; as an early formulation of the political 'myth' required to galvanize apolitical masses into revolutionary action; as a practical rule-book containing timeless precepts for the diplomat; and, most frequently, as the handbook of evil. Certainly it is a work of the greatest originality, based upon Machiavelli's first-hand experience as an emissary of the Florentine Republic to the courts of Europe. He provides an analysis of the means -- often violent -- by which political power is seized and retained, and the circumstances in which it is lost. His treatment of major philosophical and political issues, especially the relationship between public deeds and private morality, added a dimension of incisive realism to traditional discourse on the nature of the State. Above all, The Prince provides a remarkably uncompromising picture of the true nature of power, no matter in what era or by whom it is exercised.
Sold out
Helen Cooper, Thomas Malory |
Oxford
University
Press
Le Morte Darthur : The Winchester Manuscript
$4.32
- Unit price
- / per
Goodreads rating: 3.92
$4.32
- Unit price
- / per
The greatest English version of the stories of King Arthur, Le Morte D'Arthur was completed in 1469-70 by Sir Thomas Malory, knight prisoner. This edition is the first designed for the general reader to be based on the Winchester manuscript which represents what Malory wrote more closelythan the version printed by William Caxton. Extensively annotated, this edition is highly user-friendly.
Sold out
Michael Neill, William Shakespeare |
Oxford
University
Press
Othello: The Moor of Venice - The Oxford Shakespeare
$7.90
- Unit price
- / per
Goodreads rating: 3.89
$7.90
- Unit price
- / per
52% off est. retail
"Othello" is a profound read that offers a gripping exploration of the darker aspects of humanity, from jealousy and betrayal to racial tensions and the complexity of relationships. The Oxford edition’s modernized spelling makes the text more accessible, while extensive critical analysis and on-page commentary provide deeper understanding of Shakespeare's intentions and the play's historical impact. A must-read for anyone deeply engaged with classic literature's treatment of enduring social issues.
Sold out
Richmond Lattimore, David Grene, Sophocles |
University
Of
Chicago
Press
Sophocles
$7.05
- Unit price
- / per
Goodreads rating: 3.99
$7.05
- Unit price
- / per
"These authoritative translations consign all other complete collections to the wastebasket."—Robert Brustein, The New Republic"This is it. No qualifications. Go out and buy it everybody."—Kenneth Rexroth, The Nation"The translations deliberately avoid the highly wrought and affectedly poetic; their idiom is contemporary....They have life and speed and suppleness of phrase."— Times Education Supplement"These translations belong to our time. A keen poetic sensibility repeatedly quickens them; and without this inner fire the most academically flawless rendering is dead."—Warren D. Anderson, American Oxonian"The critical commentaries and the versions themselves...are fresh, unpretentious, above all, functional."— Commonweal"Grene is one of the great translators."—Conor Cruise O'Brien, London Sunday Times"Richmond Lattimore is that rara avis in our age, the classical scholar who is at the same time an accomplished poet."—Dudley Fitts, New York Times Book Review
Sold out
Simon Goldhill
|
Cambridge
University
Press
Aeschylus: The Oresteia
Regular price
$5.95
$2.56
57% off
- Unit price
- / per
Goodreads rating: 4.02
Regular price
$5.95
$2.56
57% off
- Unit price
- / per
93% off est. retail
Aeschylus' Oresteia is a must-read for those interested in ancient Greek drama and mythology. It offers insight into the significance of justice, violence, and society's treatment of women. Goldhill's analysis and exploration of the themes are top-notch, making it a great resource for students and teachers. The concise yet comprehensive reading guide and structure also make it very accessible.
Sold out
Friedrich Nietzsche, R.J. Hollingdale, J.P. Stern |
Cambridge
University
Press
Untimely Meditations
$7.24
- Unit price
- / per
Goodreads rating: 4.12
$7.24
- Unit price
- / per
本书是尼采中晚期作品，收录了尼采四篇“沉思”：《《施特劳斯――表白者和作家》《历史学对于生活的利与弊》《作为教育者的叔本华》和《瓦格纳在拜雷特》，前两篇探讨消极的，令人忧虑的现象：“知识庸人”施特劳斯和历史学，后两篇是对神圣的救世主形象叔本华和瓦格纳的颂歌。尼采在本书中完成了一种彻底的重新评价，他将“不合时宜”等同于单纯性和真诚性的高贵品质，认为被敬仰和喜爱的哲学家在其关于生活价值的问题中想到的从来不是合乎时宜的德性，而是一种应当追求的更高和更纯洁的品质。
Sold out
Leonard J. Kent, E.T.A. Hoffmann, Jacob Landau |
The
University
Of
Chicago
Press
Tales Of E. T. A. Hoffmann
$7.56
- Unit price
- / per
Goodreads rating: 4.04
$7.56
- Unit price
- / per
Ranging from macabre fantasies to fairy tales and tales of crime, these stories from the author of The Nutcracker create a rich fictional world. Hoffman paints a complex vision of humanity, where people struggle to establish identities in a hostile, absurd world."The editors have made an excellent selection, and the result is a book of great distinction."—Denis Donoghue, New York Review of Books"The translators have proved fully equal to all the challenges of Hoffmann's romantic irony and his richly allusive prose, giving us an accurate and idiomatic rendering that also retains much of the original flavor."—Harry Zohn, Saturday Review
Sold out
William Shakespeare, David Bevington |
Cambridge
University
Press
Antony and Cleopatra
$6.77
- Unit price
- / per
Goodreads rating: 3.7
$6.77
- Unit price
- / per
In this edition of the play David Bevington shows how the theatrical design and imaginative vision of Antony and Cleopatra make it one of Shakespeare's most remarkable tragedies. A substantial critical introduction synthesises the best criticism of the play and presents a fresh consideration of its erotic and political complexities. The edition is throughout attentive to the play as theatre: a detailed, illustrated account of the stage history is followed, in the commentary, by discussion of staging options offered by the text. The commentary is especially full and helpful, untangling many obscure words and phrases, illuminating sexual puns, and alerting the reader to Shakespeare's shaping of his source material in Plutarch's Lives.
Sold out
Anonymous, Thomas Peckett Prest, James Malcolm Rymer |
Oxford
University
Press
Sweeney Todd : The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
$10.56
- Unit price
- / per
Goodreads rating: 3.82
$10.56
- Unit price
- / per
A sensational story of murder and pie-making, Sweeney Todd is a classic of British horror writing, widely adapted in print and on stage, most famously by Stephen Sondheim, whose unlikely "musical thriller" won eight Tony awards. This edition offers the original story with all its atmospheric Victorian trimmings. The story of Todd's murderous partnership with pie-maker Margery Lovett--at once inconceivably unpalatable and undeniably compelling--has subsequently set the table for a seemingly endless series of successful dramatic adaptations, popular songs and ballads, novellas, radio plays, graphic novels, ballets, films, and musicals. Both gleeful and ghoulish, the original tale of Sweeney Todd, first published under the title The String of Pearls, combines the story of Todd's grisly method of robbing and dispatching his victims--by way of Mrs. Lovett's meat pies--with a romantic sub-plot involving deception, disguise, and detective work, set against the backdrop of London's darkand unsavory streets. Editor Robert Mack 'fleshes' out the story with a fascinating introduction touching on the origins of the tale, the growth of the legend, and a history of its many retellings. Mack also includes explanatory notes that point out interesting aspects, plus a full chronology of the many versions of Sweeney Todd.Since Sweeney Todd first entered the public imagination in the mid-nineteenth-century, his exploits have chilled and fascinated audiences around the world. This new edition allows modern readers to savor the ghastly original in all its gruesome glory.
Sold out
Friedrich Nietzsche, R.J. Hollingdale, J.P. Stern |
Cambridge
University
Press
Untimely Meditations
$7.91
- Unit price
- / per
Goodreads rating: 4.12
$7.91
- Unit price
- / per
本书是尼采中晚期作品，收录了尼采四篇“沉思”：《《施特劳斯――表白者和作家》《历史学对于生活的利与弊》《作为教育者的叔本华》和《瓦格纳在拜雷特》，前两篇探讨消极的，令人忧虑的现象：“知识庸人”施特劳斯和历史学，后两篇是对神圣的救世主形象叔本华和瓦格纳的颂歌。尼采在本书中完成了一种彻底的重新评价，他将“不合时宜”等同于单纯性和真诚性的高贵品质，认为被敬仰和喜爱的哲学家在其关于生活价值的问题中想到的从来不是合乎时宜的德性，而是一种应当追求的更高和更纯洁的品质。
Sold out
William Shakespeare, Jay L. Halio |
Oxford
University
Press
España,
S.a.
The Merchant of Venice: The Oxford Shakespeare
$6.91
- Unit price
- / per
Goodreads rating: 3.78
$6.91
- Unit price
- / per
This edition of The Merchant of Venice, based on a fresh examination of the early editions, includes an exceptionally lucid and accessible introduction which addresses Shakespeare's attitude toward Semitism and establishes the cultural, historical, and literary context in which Shakespeare wrote the play. An interesting range of production photographs and drawings of Renaissance merchants and Jews, and a survey of the play's stage history ranging from discussions of its early staging to important twentieth-century productions and performances outside England, particularly Israel, makes this an ideal edition for students, actors, and the general reader.About the Series: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the broadest spectrum of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, voluminous notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.
Sold out
M.T. Griffin, E.M. Atkins, Marcus Tullius Cicero |
Cambridge
University
Press
Cicero: On Duties
$11.51
- Unit price
- / per
Goodreads rating: 3.95
$11.51
- Unit price
- / per
De Officiis (On Duties) is Cicero's last theoretical work and contains his analysis, in a Greek theoretical framework, of the political and ethical values of the Roman governing class in the late Republic. It has often been treated merely as a key to the Greek philosophical works that Cicero used, but this volume aims to render De Officiis, which had a profound impact upon subsequent political thinkers, more intelligible by explaining its relation to its own time and place. All the standard series features are present, including a wholly new translation, a concise introduction by a leading scholar, select bibliography, chronology, notes on vocabulary and brief biographies of the most prominent individuals mentioned in the text.
Sold out
Harvey C. Mansfield, Niccolò Machiavelli |
University
Of
Chicago
Press
The Prince : Second Edition
$7.83
- Unit price
- / per
Goodreads rating: 3.84
$7.83
- Unit price
- / per
The most famous book on politics ever written, The Prince remains as lively and shocking today as when it was written almost five hundred years ago. Initially denounced as a collection of sinister maxims and a recommendation of tyranny, it has more recently been defended as the first scientific treatment of politics as it is practiced rather than as it ought to be practiced. Harvey C. Mansfield's brilliant translation of this classic work, along with the new materials added for this edition, make it the definitive version of The Prince , indispensable to scholars, students, and those interested in the dark art of politics.This revised edition of Mansfield's acclaimed translation features an updated bibliography, a substantial glossary, an analytic introduction, a chronology of Machiavelli's life, and a map of Italy in Machiavelli's time."Of the other available [translations], that of Harvey C. Mansfield makes the necessary compromises between exactness and readability, as well as providing an excellent introduction and notes."—Clifford Orwin, The Wall Street Journal"Mansfield's work . . . is worth acquiring as the best combination of accuracy and readability."— Choice"There is good reason to assert that Machiavelli has met his match in Mansfield. . . . [He] is ready to read Machiavelli as he demands to be read—plainly and boldly, but also cautiously."—John Gueguen, The Sixteenth Century Journal
Sold out
John Cottingham, René Descartes, Bernard Williams |
Cambridge
University
Press
Descartes: Meditations on First Philosophy : With Selections from the Objections and Replies
$11.12
- Unit price
- / per
Goodreads rating: 3.77
$11.12
- Unit price
- / per
This authoritative translation by John Cottingham of the Meditations is taken from the much acclaimed three-volume Cambridge edition of the Philosophical Writings of Descartes. It is based on the best available texts and presents Descartes' central metaphysical writings in clear, readable modern English.
Sold out
Anthony C. Yu, Wu Cheng'en |
University
Of
Chicago
Press
The Monkey and the Monk : An Abridgment of The Journey to the West
$11.38
- Unit price
- / per
Goodreads rating: 3.84
$11.38
- Unit price
- / per
Anthony C. Yu’s celebrated translation of The Journey to the West reinvigorated one of Chinese literature’s most beloved classics for English-speaking audiences when it first appeared thirty years ago. Yu’s abridgment of his four-volume translation, The Monkey and the Monk , finally distills the epic novel’s most exciting and meaningful episodes without taking anything away from their true spirit. These fantastic episodes recount the adventures of Xuanzang, a seventh-century monk who became one of China’s most illustrious religious heroes after traveling for sixteen years in search of Buddhist scriptures. Powerfully combining religious allegory with humor, fantasy, and satire, accounts of Xuanzang’s journey were passed down for a millennium before culminating in the sixteenth century with The Journey to the West . Now, readers of The Monkey and the Monk can experience the full force of his lengthy quest as he travels to India with four animal disciples, most significant among them a guardian-monkey known as “the Great Sage, Equal to Heaven.” Moreover, in its newly streamlined form, this acclaimed translation of a seminal work of world literature is sure to attract an entirely new following of students and fans. “A new translation of a major literary text which totally supersedes the best existing version. . . . It establishes beyond contention the position of The Journey to the West in world literature, while at the same time throwing open wide the doors to interpretive study on the part of the English audience.”— Modern Language Notes , on the unabridged translation
Sold out
William Shakespeare, Kathleen O. Irace |
Cambridge
University
Press
The First Quarto of Hamlet
Regular price
$4.48
$2.00
55% off
- Unit price
- / per
Goodreads rating: 4.02
Regular price
$4.48
$2.00
55% off
- Unit price
- / per
96% off est. retail
The First Quarto of Hamlet is a must-read for those interested in Shakespeare's creative process. This edition provides a closer look at an early version of Hamlet and the changes made in subsequent editions. The unique scenes and alternate plot elements offer a fresh perspective on a classic play and may inspire new ideas for performances.
Sold out
David Grene, Richmond Lattimore, Aeschylus |
University
Of
Chicago
Press
The Complete Greek Tragedies: Aeschylus v.1
$6.35
- Unit price
- / per
Goodreads rating: 4.01
$6.35
- Unit price
- / per
Het verhaal van Orestes, de enige bewaarde Griekse toneeltrilogie, toont in een groots lyrisch drama hoe de wet van vergelding plaatsmaakt voor de heerschappij van het recht. Koning Agamemnon, die zijn dochter offerde voor de Trojaanse oorlog, wordt bij zijn triomfantelijke terugkeer door zijn vrouw Klytaimestra vermoord. Hun zoon Orestes doodt zijn moeder om zijn vader te wreken. Door haar wrekende geesten achtervolgd vlucht hij naar Athene, waar een nieuwe rechtbank de keten van de bloedwraak doorbreekt.De Athener Aischylos (525-456 v.Chr.) vocht in 490 mee in de beroemde slag van Marathon. De zeeslag bij Salamis (480) is het onderwerp van Perzen, de oudste van zijn zeven bewaarde tragedies. Twee jaar na de opvoering van Het verhaal van Orestes (458) stierf hij op Sicilië.
Sold out
Richmond Lattimore, David Grene, Sophocles |
University
Of
Chicago
Press
The Complete Greek Tragedies: Sophocles, Pt.1 v. 8
$6.94
- Unit price
- / per
Goodreads rating: 3.99
$6.94
- Unit price
- / per
"These authoritative translations consign all other complete collections to the wastebasket."—Robert Brustein, The New Republic"This is it. No qualifications. Go out and buy it everybody."—Kenneth Rexroth, The Nation"The translations deliberately avoid the highly wrought and affectedly poetic; their idiom is contemporary....They have life and speed and suppleness of phrase."— Times Education Supplement"These translations belong to our time. A keen poetic sensibility repeatedly quickens them; and without this inner fire the most academically flawless rendering is dead."—Warren D. Anderson, American Oxonian"The critical commentaries and the versions themselves...are fresh, unpretentious, above all, functional."— Commonweal"Grene is one of the great translators."—Conor Cruise O'Brien, London Sunday Times"Richmond Lattimore is that rara avis in our age, the classical scholar who is at the same time an accomplished poet."—Dudley Fitts, New York Times Book Review