Kirjallisuudentutkimus: 1600–1800-luku

'To see a World in a Grain of Sand 'And a Heaven in a Wild Flower Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand And Eternity in an hour' William Blake wrote some of the most moving and …

Shakespeare's four greatest tragedies – Macbeth, King Lear, Hamlet and Othello – in a stunning Penguin Clothbound Classics editionThe theme of the great Shakespearean tragedies is …

This new translation of Montaigne's immortal Essays received great acclaim when it was first published in The Complete Works of Montaigne in the 1957 edition. The New York Times …

Pekka Vartiaisen magnum opus Länsimaisen kirjallisuuden historia (912 s., BTJ 2009) ulottui Gilgamesista toisen maailmansodan päättymiseen. Opiskelijoiden pyynnöstä julkaisemme …

For much of his life Pascal (1623-62) worked on a magnum opus which was never published in its intended form. Instead, he left a mass of fragments, some of them meant as notes for …

The Sonnets explore many of Shakespeare's most common themes: jealousy, betrayal, melancholy. They ache with unfulfilled longing, and, for many, they are the most complete and …

This second edition of Othello has a new, illustrated introduction by leading American scholar Ayanna Thompson, which addresses such key issues as race, religion and gender, as …

Madame de Sevigne (1626-1696) oli ranskalainen markiisitar. Häneltä on säilynyt yli tuhannen kirjeen laajuinen kirjeenvaihto, joka on saanut klassikon asemanranskalaisessa …

`Her present life appeared like the dream of a distempered imagination, or like one of those frightful fictions, in which the wild genius of the poets sometimes delighted. …

A captivating, beautifully illustrated, one-of-a-kind color compendium of the flowers, fruits, herbs, trees, seeds, and grasses cited in the works of the world's greatest …