Since publication in 1979 Isabel Rivers' sourcebook has established itself as the essential guide to English Renaissance poetry. It:provides an account of the main classical and Christian ideas, outlining their meaning, their origins and their transmission to the Renaissance;illustrates the ways in which Renaissance poetry drew on classical and Christian ideas;contains extracts from key classical and Christian texts and relates these to the extracts of the English poems which draw on them;inc...

This anthology of the work of Baruch de Spinoza (1632-1677) presents the text of Spinoza's masterwork, the Ethics, in what is now the standard translation by Edwin Curley. Also included are selections from other works by Spinoza, chosen by Curley to make the Ethics easier to understand, and a substantial introduction that gives an overview of Spinoza's life and the main themes of his philosophy. Perfect for course use, the Spinoza Reader is a practical tool with which to approach one of the w...

Now available in paperback, Mozart is a brilliant study of the great composer's life and creative genius, written by one of the most important social thinkers of our time. In Mozart, Elias provides insight into this case of tragic conflict between personal creativity and the tastes of a society which sought to control it.

Portrays the lives of politicians, soldiers, and slaves during the Civil War

Het manuscript van de autobiografie van Pieter Vreede werd door een attente voorbijganger op een Leidse stoep ontdekt, waar het, tussen andere papieren, klaar lag voor de vuilnisman. Het geredde manuscript werd een paar jaar geleden in het televisieprogramma 'Tussen kunst en kitsch' getoond. De aanwezige deskundige merkte toen op, dat dergelijke manuscripten in Nederland nauwelijks enige geldelijke waarde vertegenwoordigen. Pieter Vreede werd geboren in een welgestelde Leidse familie. Zijn pr...