ΛΟΓΟΤΕΧΝΙΑ, ΠΟΙΗΣΗ & ΚΡΙΤΙΚΗ

Since its initial publication in 1973, Hayden Whites Metahistory has remained an essential book for understanding the nature of historical writing. In this classic work, White argues that a deep structural content lies beyond the surface level of historical texts. This latent poetic and linguistic c..

I wish I had copies like this at Drama School. Essential notes on the language for those who will get up and speak it, not purely for those who will sit and study it. An incredibly useful tool with room on every page to make notes. Next time Im in rehearsal on a Shakespeare play, I have no doubt tha..

This unique anthology presents the important historical essays on tragedy, ranging from antiquity to the present, divided into historical periods and arranged chronologically. Across its span, it traces the development of theories and philosophies of tragedy, enabling readers to consider the ways i..

“It is to the Greeks that we turn when we are sick of the vagueness, of the confusion, of our own age.”—Virginia Woolf Discover a new passion for a very old language, a language that can express what can’t be said in any other, and thrillingly relevant to our lives today. A language that rewards d..

The Oxford Handbook of the Age of Shakespeare presents a broad sampling of current historical scholarship on the period of Shakespeares career that will assist and stimulate scholars of his poems and plays. Rather than merely attempting to summarize the historical background to Shakespeare, individ..