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This translation of the play includes a commentary which deals with textual problems, and wherever possible the editor has sought to explain the text adopted before discussing the reasons for its adoption. There is also an analysis of the lyric metres, and a discussion of the play's subject matter.

Performing Music unravels some of the mysteries of musical performance. It discusses in a non-technical language the knowledge and attitudes that performers need. The lay reader gains a unique insight into how performers think, and what they think about. The book offers a sustained but compact argument in a rich and entertaining narrative.

Magna Carta, imposed on King John by his barons in 1215, is widely regarded as the foundation of the British constitution. This study traces the origins of the rebellion which culminated in the events at Runnymede, investigating the causes of the baronial revolt and the northern shires.

A detailed study of a vital and eventful period of English history, which witnessed the Plague, the Great Fire of London, the naval wars against the Dutch and the transformation of Oliver Cromwell's Commonwealth into the Restoration monarchy of Charles II.

This study sets out to test the traditional view that English landed society has accommodated new families made rich by business or public office. From an examination of the landed elites of three counties between 1540 and 1880, the authors come to radical conclusions about the landed class.

Argues that no metaphysical account of laws can succeed. This is a book in the philosophy of science, which examines the concept of laws of nature. The author analyses and rejects arguments for the existence of such laws, and argues that there is no point in us believing that they exist.

Winner of the 1988 Paul Reuter Prize awarded by the International Committee of the Red Cross, this book examines the rights of national liberation movements to resort to force to secure self-determination, and the application of laws of armed conflict to national liberation wars.

This work covers the themes and personalities of the Catholic revival in Anglicanism.

This text tackles a central problem of Jewish and comparative religious history: proselytization and the origins of mission in the Early Church. The author offers a controversial theory that mission is not an inherent religious instinct, and that its importance was rarely stressed in antiquity.

The role of the gods in the classical world's epic tradition has long been the subject of controversy. In the first book to discuss the problem of the gods across the entire classical literary tradition, rather than in a few individual works, Professor Feeney draws upon the writings of the ancient critics, and looks in detail at the work of the poets themselves.

After introducing the empiricist point of view in philosophy of science, and the concepts and methods of the semantic approach to scientific theories, Professor van Fraassen discusses quantum theory in three stages.

An analysis of Vergil's epic poem, which explores the secondary narrators whose voices can be heard throughout the work. The author examines Vergil's method of using such further voices to comment upon, question or occasionally subvert the epic's main narrator.

This illustrated account of all aspects of the music of ancient Greece includes actual transcriptions of the surviving examples of ancient music, complete with musical analysis, and covers a whole range of topics - from the place of music in Greek life to instruments; scales; and ancient theories of music.

This detailed and incisive study of Milton's confrontation with his precursors and contemporaries, establishes him as a monumental but divided figure - torn between radical and conservative mentalities, between eroticism and hatred of the flesh, and between patriarchal and egalitarian conceptions of Paradisal marriage.

This book examines two notable forms of chamber music involving piano and strings. Smallman surveys the development of these genres from their origins in the mid-eighteenth century to the present day.

This is the first scholarly book to concentrate on the important contemporary issue of human rights in the discipline of international law. It examines firstly how human rights and humanitarian norms relate to customary law, and then how they relate to the law of state responsibility.

This paperback edition replaces the hardback first published in 1957.

An analysis of an economy in which market mechanisms retain a central role, but in which capitalist patterns of ownership have been superceded. The text provides a coherent statement of the theoretical basis of market socialism and justifies it as a viable political option, presenting an alternative to both New Right and Socialist views.

These collected essays supply theoretical background to the author's work on moral philosophy. His central theme is the paradox that, if moral judgements were just statements of fact, relativism would be inescapable.

An examination of the system of linkages that determine the success of multinational firms and the resulting performance of nations.

This study deals with the nobility surrounding the monarchy of Caesar Augustus, which was reborn after years of civil war. The exposition ranges from the closing age of the Republic to Nero's demise, detailing a century-and-a-half of the history of Roman aristocracy and individual families.

A collection of the writings of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1689-1762), which includes essays (some published anonymously in newspapers), her poetry (dealing with issues still relevant today), and her one comedy, which has recently been revived in productions around the UK.

An account of what papyrology is and what the papyrologist does. _

A study of the cultural achievements of the early Renaissance in their historical perspective. Dealing with both literary and visual art, the author describes the political, economic, cultural and religious circumstances in which innovations became possible.

Do our conscious minds exert a non-physical influence on the workings of our brains, or are we just soft machines? Most scientists today opt for a mechanistic view of the human brain, but in this book - a fascinating blend of physics and philosophy - David Hodgson makes out a powerful case for the efficacy of the mind.

The liberal theologian Ernst Troeltsch argued that the traditional belief in Jesus as the incarnation of God could no longer be held in the modern world. This study provides a close analysis of his argument.

This biographical study of the Roman senator begins by tracing his political career under the Gothic king Theoderic the Great. Subsequent chapters describe his educational programme in the liberal arts, his translations into Latin of the works of Aristotle and Plato, and his own compositions.

Colin Crouch presents a wide ranging survey of the relationship between trade unions, employers, and governments in western Europe. Employing rigorous economic and historical analysis, he presents powerful explanations of the diversity and significance of industrial relations in the twentieth century.

This volume brings together economists and political scientists to present an assessment of the new government policies known as "Thatcherism", which have dominated the 1980s. Contributors focus on the underlying political economy and the role and purpose of the state in the economy.

This book argues that expansion of trade between developed and developing countries is the main cause of rising economic inequality in the USA and of chronic unemployment in Europe. It explains how these problems could be tackled without raising barriers to trade or jeopardizing the progress of the Third World.