Classics – Cambridge Scholars Publishing

A New Translation of the Novellino of Masuccio Salernitano

By: Christopher Stace

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So fiercely anti-clerical it was placed on the Index of Prohibited Books, this 15th-century Italian collection is a landmark of short fiction. Its tales of murder, incest, and ingenious adultery are by turns grim, comic, tragic, and erotic.

A Reading of Violence in Partition Stories from Bengal

By: Suranjana Choudhury

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This book examines representations of Partition violence in narratives from Bengal. It explores how these stories of suffering, trauma, and betrayal offer a critique of historical and political engagements with one of the most traumatic periods in Indian history.

A Special Model of Classical Reception

Summaries and Short Narratives

Edited By: Maria de Fátima Silva, David Bouvier, Maria das Graças Augusto

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This volume traces the influence of epics like the Odyssey across a vast geographical and cultural space. It analyzes modern and contemporary tales from around the globe, focusing on how major political phenomena can have on universal creativity.

A Study in Guilt

The Supreme Manifestation of the Mind-Forged Manacle

By: Mohan Gopinath, Edwin Castelino

£70.99

Why do some feel the crushing weight of guilt while others feel none? This book investigates the psychology of remorse through harrowing events like WWII and the Jallianwala Bagh massacre, and the literary complicity of Hamlet's friends, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern.

A Translation and Interpretation of Horace’s Iambi

By: Andy Law

From £41.99

In his most controversial poetry, Horace is a writer in torment. This new interpretation reveals an artwork forged from the agony of expression—a book he may never have wanted to write. His fate is to be forever persecuted by his own masterpiece.

A. D. Hope and the Ambivalence of Modernity

Reconsiderations

Edited By: A. D. Cousins, Dani Napton

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How did A. D. Hope react to modernity? What did he prize, what did he dislike, and how did he make use even of what he disliked? This book offers fresh answers to such questions from some of Australia's best-known scholars.

Activism in the Works of the Beat Generation

Mapping Spaces

By: Andreea Cosma

£72.99

For the Beat Generation, the city was the stage. This book traces the literary maps of writers like Kerouac and Ginsberg, revealing how they used urban spaces to challenge norms on gender, race, and class, and uncovering their lasting legacy on modern culture.

An Annotated English Translation of Tagore en las barrancas de San Isidro

By: Victoria Ocampo, Nilanjana Bhattacharya

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Victoria Ocampo's account of Rabindranath Tagore’s stay in Argentina is an important document tracing Indo-Argentine contact. This first English translation includes a critical introduction, notes, and an annotated bibliography for scholars and readers.

Victoria Ocampo’s account of Rabindranath Tagore’s stay in Argentina is an important document tracing Indo-Argentine contact. This first English translation includes a critical introduction, notes, and an annotated bibliography for scholars and readers.

Ancient Epic

Literary and Linguistic Essays

Edited By: Concepción Cabrillana, Cecilia Criado, Mercedes Díaz de Cerio Díez

£47.99

This book adopts a broad approach to the Epic, from archaic Greece to imperial Rome, with comparisons to Vedic, Sanskrit, and Medieval poetry. It explores the hero, the bard, and myth, and traces the influence of Homer on authors like Virgil, Ovid, and Seneca.

Ancient Women in Modern Media

Edited By: K. S. Burns, W. S. S. Duffy

£41.99

The heroines of ancient myth remain potent today, challenging popular beliefs about the roles of women. This collection of essays examines their legacy from page to stage to screen to understand how they have evolved to retain and increase their power.

Arctic Modernities

The Environmental, the Exotic and the Everyday

Edited By: Heidi Hansson, Anka Ryall

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The modern Arctic is more than melting glaciers; it's a mix of indigenous tradition and a mundane everyday. This volume examines how heroic images continue to shape our view of the region: as a utopian future, a symbol of modernity, or a mythic, nostalgic past.

The modern Arctic is more than melting glaciers; it’s a mix of indigenous tradition and a mundane everyday. This volume examines how heroic images continue to shape our view of the region: as a utopian future, a symbol of modernity, or a mythic, nostalgic past.

Aspects of Ecphrastic Technique in Ovid’s Metamorphoses

By: Liz Norton

£44.99

This study examines Ovid’s use of ecphrasis in the Metamorphoses, exploring his determination to outdo his predecessors. It argues that Ovid's preoccupation with artists makes the epic itself an extended commentary on his own artistry.

This study examines Ovid’s use of ecphrasis in the Metamorphoses, exploring his determination to outdo his predecessors. It argues that Ovid’s preoccupation with artists makes the epic itself an extended commentary on his own artistry.

Aspects of Orality and Greek Literature in the Roman Empire

Edited By: Consuelo Ruiz-Montero

From £38.99

This volume explores how Greek texts circulated during the Roman Empire from both a literary and sociocultural point of view. Illuminating the interconnections between literary and social practices, these studies draw attention to under-researched texts and inscriptions.

Aspects of Time and Memory in Literature for Children and Young Adults

Mnemosyne for Children

Edited By: Tzina Kalogirou, Dorota Michulka

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A critical exploration of time and memory in children's media. Spanning three centuries, these essays analyze traumatic memory, post-memory, and the reimagining of the past in picturebooks, YA novels, films, and adaptations of classic fairy tales.

A critical exploration of time and memory in children’s media. Spanning three centuries, these essays analyze traumatic memory, post-memory, and the reimagining of the past in picturebooks, YA novels, films, and adaptations of classic fairy tales.

Atticism and Koine in Greek Prose Texts by Jewish Authors

Linguistic and Stylistic Studies

By: Jordi Redondo

£77.99

This book evaluates the Bible's linguistic and literary background, revealing its Hebrew and Greek traditions. It offers valuable information for scholars of religion and language, and a wider audience interested in the controversial language of Jesus and the first Christians.

This book evaluates the Bible’s linguistic and literary background, revealing its Hebrew and Greek traditions. It offers valuable information for scholars of religion and language, and a wider audience interested in the controversial language of Jesus and the first Christians.

Characterisation in Apuleius’ Metamorphoses

Nine Studies

Edited By: Stephen Harrison

£41.99

In the first volume on characterisation in Apuleius’ Metamorphoses, distinguished international scholars explore the novel’s significant human and divine figures. This book is a substantial contribution to the interpretation of the most important Latin novel to survive complete.

Classics and Classicists

Selected Essays, 1964-2000

By: John Glucker

From £32.99

This panoramic collection of articles explores Greek and Roman literature and philosophy, from close textual readings to the modern legacy of ancient works. A vital resource for classical scholars, students of philosophy, and intellectual historians.

Critical Coalitions

Literary Aesthetics and Beyond

Edited By: Rimika Singhvi, Gunja Patni

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Explore the dynamic interplay of literature and contemporary themes like postcoloniality, gender, and new media. Combining scholarly dialogue, no-holds-barred interviews, and poignant poetry, this book offers fresh perspectives on culture, identity, and representation.

Cultural Representations of Food and Drinks in World Literature

Edited By: Monica Manolachi, Lorena Clara Mihăeș

£72.99

This collection explores literary portrayals of food and drinks to reveal how they shed light on the complexities of identity and belonging. At the same time, it argues that food and drinks are a unifying force that transcends boundaries, pointing to universal human experiences.

Early British Comedy

A Critical Rethinking

By: Frederic Will

From £31.99

This collection of sixteen British comedies from the 16th and 17th centuries includes everything from broad humour to heavy social satire. The analysis digs into each play’s embedded assumptions and social role, connecting the works to Elizabethan culture and our own time.