Oxford University Press

Sophocles and the Language of Tragedy presents a revolutionary take on Sophocles' tragic language and how our understanding of tragedy is shaped by our literary past. Written by one of the best-known classicists working today, this book explores Sophocles' distinctive brilliance as a dramatist while investigating how the nineteenth-century critics...

A Journal of the Plague Year is Defoe's fictional reconstruction of the effects of the Great Plague of 1665 on London. He brings vividly to life the devastation and suffering wrought by the disease,and its effect on the city. This revised edition includes comprehensive notes, a complete topographical index, and a new introduction....

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A Very Short IntroductionFrom the trial of Galileo through to today's controversy over the teaching of 'Intelligent Design' in schools, there has been a long history of conflict between science and religion. This balanced and thought-provoking account avoids polemic, to explore the key philosophical arguments on both sides of this fascinating and...

This book provides a succinct yet up-to-date and challenging approach to the        French Revolution of 1789-1799 and its consequences. Peter McPhee provides an        accessible and reliable overview and one which deliberately introduces students to        central debates among historians.The book has two main aims. One aim is to...

A Site-by-Site Tour of the Stone, Bronze, and Iron AgesWerner Herzog&'s 2011 film Cave of Forgotten Dreams, about the painted caves at Chauvet, France brought a glimpse of Europe&'s extraordinary prehistory to a popular audience. But paleolithic cave paintings, stunning as they are, form just a part of a story that begins with the arrival of the...