"In the past few years, it has been possible to notice parallel developments in the study of both Latin and Greek late antique poetry, two neighbouring and growing scholarly fields. Recently published studies reveal an increased focus on the contemporary context and, in relation…
The majority of children acquire language effortlessly but approximately 10% of all children find it difficult especially in the early or preschool years with consequences for many aspects of their subsequent development and experience: literacy, social skills, educational quali…
"A collection of essays by leading medievalists assessing the challenges, and potential, of current approaches to iconography and iconology"--.
"Ryan Murphy is a self-described "gay boy from Indiana," who has grown up to forge a media empire. With an extraordinary list of credits and successful television shows, movies, and documentaries to his name, Murphy can now boast one of the broadest and most successful careers i…
This volume present shorts, practical essays on key issues in reproductive ethics written by leading experts in the fields of medicine, ethics, and law and organized into three main sections: preventing pregnancy and birth (family planning and abortion ethics), initiating pregna…
"The legendary biologist, provocateur, and bestselling author mounts a timely and passionate defense of science and clear thinking with this career-spanning collection of essays, including twenty pieces published in the United States for the first time. For decades, Richard Dawk…
"Nine masterful essays on Dante's Divine Comedy and Dante's political theology by one of today's leading Italian philosophers"
"This is one of the few books on Montaigne that fuses analytical skill with humane awareness of why Montaigne matters." - Harold Bloom, Sterling Professor of Humanities, Yale University. "In this exhilarating and learned book on Montaigne's essays, Lawrence D. Kritzman contempor…
