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This last and most brilliant narrative poem by Russia's greatest poet, Alexander Pushkin, should form an essential part of all courses in Russian literature. It combines praise of Peter the Great and...

Prof. Briggs provides an introduction which looks closely at the poetryand then, taking the death of Lensky as the most important event, considers the sotry, the characters and the hidden meanings of...

This edition of Pushkin's tragedy "Boris Godunov" is part of the Bristol Classical Press Russian Texts series. The series is designed to meet the needs of the growinghigh school and undergraduate...

This book contains the complete text in Russian of Pushkin's The Queen of Spades, with an introduction to Pushkin's life and work. The text is also supplemented with extensive notes in English and a...

Forty years after Pushkin's death, Dostoyevsky wrote: 'Everything we have comes from Pushkin'. This is no exaggeration. When Pushkin started writing, Russian poetry was either composed from the...

This book contains the Russian text of Pushkin's Tales of the Late Ivan Petrovich Belkin. The text is accompanied with English language introduction and notes on the text.Author: Aleksandr Sergeevich...

This useful student edition contains the complete French text of the play along with a substantial Introduction and Commentary also in French.Author: Gustave RudlerPublisher: Bristol Classical...

A critical edition of Racine's "Ph?dre". The introductionexamines the central facets of the play's enduring capacity to move anddisturb its audience and readers, and includes a survey of 20th...

Radiguet: Le Diable Au CorpsAuthor: Raymond RadiguetPublisher: Bristol Classical PressPublication Date: Jan 01, 1998Number of Pages: 117 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10: 1853993255ISBN-13:...

No area of Greek life was wholly untouched by religion, and a basic knowledge of this aspect of life is essential to anyone seeking a proper understanding of the classical world. In this engaging...

Religion and the Romans provides a short, modern introduction to religion in the Roman world. It deals with the public and private nature of religion at Rome itself, and looks at the native cults of...

Roch Carrier: La Guerre, Yes Sir!Author: Roch CarrierPublisher: Bristol Classical PressPublication Date: Oct 26, 2000Number of Pages: 160 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10:...

Roman ArchitectureAuthor: Martin ThorpePublisher: Bristol Classical PressPublication Date: Jan 01, 1998Number of Pages: 128 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10: 1853994219ISBN-13: 9781853994210

Hadrian's Wall and the Antonine Wall defined the edge of the Roman Empire in Britain. Today, the spectacular remains of these great frontier works stand as mute testimony to one of the greatest...

The political aspects of Augustan poetry have attracted much academic interest. The aim of this study is to take account of the effects of Augustan propaganda not only on the work of contemporary...

This study appraises the work of all the Roman satirists, from the 2nd century BC, to the end of the reign of Hadrian in AD 138. The satirists' work is shown to reflect the constantly changing...

In Roman Society David Taylor concentrates on aspects of the life of the diverse groups of people who lived in the Roman world - their homes, work, leisure, beliefs and attitudes. Providing valuable...

This book offers a study of Roman attitudes to the Greek world, showing what Romans of the governing class thought about Greeks, both past and contemporary. It considers the practical effects of...

Originally published over 50 years ago as "Vita Romana", this work covers every aspect of Roman life: the architecture and layout of the city; the home, clothes, travel, sports and pastimes; the role...

This is a title in the Bristol Classical Press French Texts series, in French with English notes, vocabulary and introduction. This anthology of poems by Pierre de Ronsard contains light poetry, such...

Cyrano de Bergerac struck a responsive chord when first performed in 1897. Its unashamed glorification of panache, the heroic individualism of a bygone age allied to an unimpeachable ethical code,...

This well established Russian vocabulary book contains some two thousand words, arranged in sections, according to subject grouping, of roughly equal length, but of varying difficulty and importance...

This dictionary provides a systematic analysis of Russian word derivations, describing the etymology of 1500 central words in the language. In the introduction, the author traces the development of...

This text is intended to help students of Russian and graduates considering employment to familiarise themselves with the Russian business environment, its concepts and practices. It assumes at least...

The stories translated in this fascinating anthology reveal the peculiarly Russian world of fantasy: conversations among corpses in a graveyard; a skeleton bounding up to its undertaker at a party; a...

This selection of passages from "Sallust's Bellum Iugurthinum", reissued now after many years out of print, consists of the following chapters: V-VI, XII-XIII, XV-XVI, XX-XXVI, XXVII-XXXI, XXXIX-XLI,...

Schiller: Die RauberAuthor: Friedrich SchillerPublisher: Bristol Classical PressPublication Date: Jan 01, 1998Number of Pages: 192 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10: 1853993182ISBN-13:...

Schwarz-Bart: Pluie Et Vent Sur Telum?? MiracleAuthor: Simone Schwarz-BartPublisher: Bristol Classical PressPublication Date: Feb 15, 2007Number of Pages: 192 pagesBinding: Paperback or...

This work contains a copy of Seneca's "Suasoriae", along with facing translation, full annotation and a useful introductory essay which offers an argument against suggestions that Seneca was no more...

This is a title in the Bristol Classical Press Russian Texts series, in Russian with English notes, vocabulary and introduction. Vasilii Shukshin is a writer in the tradition of "village prose", a...