In the twenty-one poems of the Heroides, Ovid gave voice to the heroines and heroes of epic and myth. These deeply moving literary epistles reveal the happiness and torment of love, as the writers tell of their pain at separation, forgiveness of infidelity or anger at betrayal. …
Widely acclaimed as one of the most important books on modernity, this title presents a kaleidoscopic journey into the experiences of modernization, and the dizzying social changes that swept millions of people into the capitalist world, interweaving an exploration of modernism …
"The political and social revolutions of the nineteenth century, the pivotal writings of Goethe, Marx, Dostoevsky, and others, and the creation of new environments to replace the old - all have thrust us into a modern world of contradictions and ambiguities. In this fascinating …
Two lives of Charlemagne
by Thorpe, Lewis, G.M, Eginhard, Notker,, Balbulus
fromPenguin classics