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Sophocles’ Oedipus
the King
A Reader’s Guide
Seán Sheehan
• Provides a close
scene-by-scene
reading of
Sophocles’ play
• Illustrates
the nature of
Athenian tragedy
and Sophocles’
dramatic style
• Highlights the ‘meaning’ of the play
within the context of Ancient Greece
Essential overview of this influential
Greek drama, enabling students to
confidently read the play in depth and
understand its unique cultural status.
SEáN SHEEHAN has taught in London and
Singapore and is now a full-time writer.
UK March 2012 US May 2012
184 Pages 138 x 216 mm 5.375 x 8.5 inches
HB 9781441107992 - £45.00 / $80.00
PB 9781441198242 - £14.99 / $24.95
Reader’s Guides
Continuum
Statius, Poet Between
Rome and Naples
Carole E.
Newlands
• Discusses all
Statius’ major
works and their
shared themes
and interactions
• Situates Statius’
poetry in relation
to the Latin
literary tradition
• Discusses the diverse reception of
Statius’ epics in the Middle Ages
A thorough investigation of Statius’ poetry
in relation to changing attitudes to Greek
culture, gender, Roman imperialism and
local identities.
CAROLE E. NEWLANDS is Professor of Classics at
the University of Colorado Boulder, USA.
UK September 2012 US November 2012
224 Pages 156 x 234 mm 6.125 x 9.25 inches
PB 9781780932132 - £19.99 / $34.95
Classical Literature and Society
Bristol Classical Press
CLASSICS AND ANCIENT HISTORy
The Roman Poetry of
Love
Elegy and Politics in a Time of
Revolution
Efi Spentzou
• Highlights themes
and contextual
references
between poems
and poets
• Explores the idea
of creativity as
subversion in
Augustan Rome
This study offers a fresh look at the
gendered power play at work in Latin love
elegy for the undergraduate student and
any newcomer to the field.
EFI SPENTzOU is Senior Lecturer in Latin
Literature at Royal Holloway, University of
London, UK.
UK August 2012 US October 2012
128 Pages 135 x 216 mm 5.31 x 8.5 inches
PB 9781780932040 - £12.99 / $19.95
Classical World
Bristol Classical Press
Neo-Latin Poetry in
the British Isles
Edited by Luke
Houghton and
Gesine Manuwald
• Key secondary
reading for
an increasing
number of
courses on English
Renaissance
literature and
Neo-Latin
literature
• Relevant to students and scholars
of Classics, English, Comparative
Literature and Classical Reception
(Classical Tradition)
• Interdisciplinary in its approach and
relevance
• Broad coverage of the subject is given
by scholars with proven track records in
this area of study
A well-focused collection of case-studies
of sixteenth- to eighteenth-century
English, Welsh, Scottish and Irish neo-
Latin poets by scholars from a variety of
backgrounds.
LUKE HOUGHTON is Lecturer in Classics at the
University of Glasgow, UK.
GESINE MANUWALD is Professor of Latin at
University College London, UK.
UK July 2012 US September 2012
240 Pages 156 x 234 mm 6.125 x 9.25 inches
PB 9781780930145 - £25.00 / $44.95
Bristol Classical Press
Your Secret Language
Classics in the British Colonies of
West Africa
Barbara Goff
• Approaches an
original topic in a
new way
• Develops
the range of
postcolonial
classics
• Expands the
field of classical
reception with a
set of new texts
A fascinating and original investigation
into the cultural politics of classics in the
British colonies of West Africa in the late
nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
BARBARA GOFF is Professor of Classics at the
University of Reading, UK.
UK September 2012 US November 2012
192 Pages 156 x 234 mm 6.125 x 9.25 inches
PB 9781780932057 - £19.99 / $34.95
Classical Diaspora
Bristol Classical Press
Ancient Historians
A Student Handbook
Susan Sorek
• Concise, yet
broad-ranging,
scope
• Ease of reference
• Includes
case study of
Alexander the
Great
This introductory guide unravels some of
the difficulties involved in dealing with
ancient source material, placing the
work of Greek and Roman historians in its
political and social context for modern
readers. The chapters survey both major
and less well known historians and works
of biography and literature are assessed
as historical sources. Alexander the Great
provides an enlightening case study in
ancient historiography.
SUSAN SOREK is a research affiliate at the Open
University, UK.
UK May 2012 US July 2012
192 Pages 138 x 216 mm 5.375 x 8.5 inches
HB 9781441137562 - £65.00 / $120.00
PB 9781441179913 - £19.99 / $34.95
Continuum
CLASSICS AND ANCIENT HISTORy
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