Sie nennen ihn Nicholas, doch wer er wirklich ist, ahnt niemand. Sein Aussehen ist atemberaubend, sein Charme lässt allerdings zu wünschen übrig. Seine Berührungen sind so absolut unwiderstehlich, wie sein Schatten tödlich sein kann. Er ist ein Wesen, das nur einen Feind kennt: …
Based on thematic and textual investigation, this reading of Candelaio focuses on the relationship between Bruno's comedy and his earlier Latin works, as well as his later vernacular dialogues, in particular Spaccio della bestia trionfante. Interweaving dramatic plot and introdu…
Based on thematic and textual investigation, this reading of Candelaio focuses on the relationship between Bruno's comedy and his earlier Latin works, as well as his later vernacular dialogues, in particular Spaccio della bestia trionfante. Interweaving dramatic plot and introdu…
"This volume, edited by René Brouwer and Emmanuele Vimercati, deals with the debate about fate, providence and free will in the early Imperial age. This debate is rekindled in the 1st century CE during emperor Augustus' rule and ends in the 3rd century CE with Plotinus and Orige…
Eighteenth-century London was teeming with humanity, and poverty was never far from politeness. Legend has it that, on his daily commute through this thronging metropolis, Captain Thomas Coram witnessed one of the city's most shocking sights-the widespread abandonment of infant …