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Combines an analysis of these ballets with a description of their first productions in imperial Russia. Separate sections of the text are devoted to the music of each ballet, and there is a background chapter on the collaboration between composer and ballet master, and Moscow of the 1860s.

A collection of essays written between 1977 and 1983 which explores the fault-lines that mark the various kinds of ahistorical literary studies from the New Criticism to Post-structuralism and which aims to develop a fully elaborated socio-historical criticism for literary works.

This book deals with God's covenant with Israel which the author believes is a theme central to the understanding of the Old Testament. He argues that the debate during the last century has revealed how crucial the covenant idea was in the development of what is distinctive in the faith of Israel.

This treatise explores the scope and limits of the concept of personal identity in contemporary philosophy. The author begins by questioning the methodology of thought-experimentation, arguing that it engenders inconclusive and unconvincing results, and that truth is stranger than fiction.

There is a resurgence of interest in Aristotle's ethical theory, and this book makes an important contribution the debate by addressing the neglected area of its cognitive dimensions. Written in an accessible and non-technical style, and now available in paperback, this book will also interest students of philosophy.

An account of the musician Peter Warlock (Philip Heseltine). Barry Smith uses often controversial material in telling Warlock's story from his dangerous involvement in the occult to his long-lasting loves and hates.

Barbara Everett brings her extraordinary ability to read closely and her intimate knowledge of the period to an examination of the work of a range of poets from the sixteenth century to the present day. The 12 essays show the way each poet remains an individual while interacting with a particular historical context.

This is a classic study of a disease which had a profound impact in Tudor and Stuart England. Plague was both a personal affliction and a social calamity, regularly decimating urban populations. Paul Slack vividly describes the stresses which plague imposed on individuals, families, and whole communities, and the ways in which people tried to explain, control, and come to terms with it.

This is a biographical account of Vaughan Williams' musical life - the story of a great composer's career, and at the same time the story of music in England over half a century and more. This reissue contains a new preface by the author.

In Explaining and Understanding International Relations philosopher Martin Hollis and international relations scholar Steve Smith join forces to analyse the dominant theories of international relations and to examine the philosophical issues underlying them.

This study discusses Britten's published compositions in subdivisions of genre and period, and devotes a separate chapter to each opera. With the help of over 300 music examples and diagrams, it demonstrates Britten's mastery of the art of composition.

This study compares and contrasts prison systems in different countries, offering a broad view of recent developments in imprisonment theory and practice. Topics include Russian prisons after perestroika, women in prisons, privately-run prisons and human rights in prison.

Apart from individual rights, claims have long been made for collective (minority) rights. Now a "third generation" of rights is appearing, the rights of peoples, exemplified by the African Charter of Human and Peoples Rights of 1981. This volume discusses the new generation of rights.

This volume differs from other collections because the essays it contains are specially written to address a particular theme. Its subject - Universal Grammar - is a central one in theoretical linguistics. Accessibly written and, now in paperback, it will be useful to advanced undergraduates.

A study of the history of Shakespeare criticism in the modern era. Hugh Grady charts the construction of Shakespeare as a 20th-century Modernist text by redirecting "new historicist" methods to an investigation of the social roots of contemporary Shakespeare criticism itself.

The second part of a three-volume survey of the operas of Verdi, this study covers those works written during the decadence of the post-Rossinni period. It examines each opera in detail, with an account of its dramatic and historical origins and a critical evaluation.

The cavalry of most classical Greek states was drawn from the cream of society. Their youth, wealth, and aristocratic background was more obvious to their fellow citizens than their military prowess. Using a wide range of written, artistic, and archaeological evidence, this book provides an in-depth account of the position of cavalry in classical warfare and society.

The Hellenistic poets of the third century BC, such as Theocritus, Callimachus and Apollonius Rhodius, have not received enough critical attention. This book provides an overview of their poetry and its influence on Latin literature.

A text in English of Cicero's speech in which he defended M. Caelius Rufus at his trial in 56 BC and which gives an insight into the political events in a social context of the period.

This book presents the challenging notion that Johnson's evaluation of Shakespeare as 'the poet of nature' was no mere commonplace but a radically challenging proposition. His ideas are contrasted with the leading Romantic critics Coleridge, Hazlitt, and A. W. Schegel, and a large part of his Shakespeare criticism is reproduced with commentary.

A study of a neglected strand of Aristotelian poetics - anagnorisis, or recognition - exploring its history and the way it has recurred in fiction and drama from the Odyssey to thrillers by Le Carre. Terence Cave examines recognition in English, French, and German literature, including the works of Shakespeare, James, Racine, and Goethe.

This work contains a commentary on one of the most famous comedies from Ancient Greece, Aristophanes' "Frogs", as well as the complete Greek text. It also features a comprehensive introduction, and offers help with translation.

This study of ideas of justice and punishment held by the ancient Greeks traces the development of these ideas from Homer to Plato, analysing in particular the completely radical new system of punishment put forward by Plato in his dialogue, 'The Laws'. It spans traditional Greek ideas to Plato's views on homicide and poisoning by doctors.

Outlines what is known of ancient Sparta, describes Greek reaction to the ambiguous institutions of the great rival to democratic Athens, makes an attempt to follow the subsequent fortunes of the debate, and indicates Sparta's role, over 25 centuries, in the intellectual history of Europe.

This treatise explores the connection between new historicism and Renaissance literature and explores its significance for English studies as a whole. It details fresh readings of a number of classic texts, as well as an understanding of the complex functions of the canon itself.

A study of problems surrounding the interpretation of Bach's keyboard music, this work looks at rhythm, tempo, articulation and dynamics, as well as the instruments for which Bach's music was intended. It also includes a discussion of ornamentation.

This is a new paperback edition of Adrian Hollis's commentary on Ovid's love poem which was first published in 1977. The text of the poem is Kenney's Oxford Classical Text, and it is supplemented with a full introduction to the style and historical background to the poem.

The text of Proclus' most famous work, based on a personal examination of some 40 manuscripts, is presented here together with a critical analysis, an English translation, and a philosophical and linguistic commentary.

These essays, three of which appear for the first time, examine and elucidate aspects of the Arab exodus from Palestine in 1948, focusing on Israeli decision-making and the causes of the mass exile.

This study explores the complex relationships between religious sects and contemporary Western society, examining the controversial social, political and religious issues that arise as sects seek to pursue a way of life at variance with that of other people.