featuring William Race, George L. Paddison Professor of Classics Emeritus "Considered by many the greatest of the classic Greek tragedies."– Dover Publications “Sophocles' Oedipus the King has never been surpassed for the raw and terrible power with which its hero … Read more
featuring Danielle Christmas, Assistant Professor of English and Comparative Literature “To read the poems of Rita Dove, to go where they take you, is to follow her deeply into a series of themes and their subsets: African-Americans in history and … Read more
featuring Danielle Christmas, Assistant Professor of English and Comparative Literature “To read the poems of Rita Dove, to go where they take you, is to follow her deeply into a series of themes and their subsets: African-Americans in history and … Read more
featuring Ellen Welch, Associate Professor of French "Molière understood profoundly what makes us noble, pathetic, outrageous and funny, and in his splendid comedies satirized human folly to perfection. One of the best of his plays — and one of the greatest … Read more
featuring Ellen Welch, Associate Professor of French "Molière understood profoundly what makes us noble, pathetic, outrageous and funny, and in his splendid comedies satirized human folly to perfection. One of the best of his plays — and one of the greatest … Read more
featuring Marc Cohen, Teaching Assistant Professor of English and Comparative Literature “Dazzling . . . as subtle as it is powerful.”—Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times “ offers such magic, mystery, and sadness that, literally, this reader turned the last page … Read more
featuring Marc Cohen, Teaching Assistant Professor of English and Comparative Literature “Dazzling . . . as subtle as it is powerful.”—Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times “ offers such magic, mystery, and sadness that, literally, this reader turned the last page … Read more
featuring Jessica Tanner, Assistant Professor of French "When this book was first published in 1949, it was to outrage and scandal. Never before had the case for female liberty been so forcefully and successfully argued. De Beauvoir's belief that 'One … Read more
featuring Jessica Tanner, Assistant Professor of French "When this book was first published in 1949, it was to outrage and scandal. Never before had the case for female liberty been so forcefully and successfully argued. De Beauvoir's belief that 'One … Read more
featuring Marsha S. Collins, Caroline H. and Thomas S. Royster Distinguished Professor for Graduate Education, English and Comparative Literature Natsume Sōseki (1867-1916), often referred to as the father of modern Japanese fiction, described Kusamakura as “a haiku-style novel, that lives … Read more
