Books in the Clarendon Paperbacks series

This is an entirely updated edition of T.J. Reed's study of Thomas Mann, one of the greatest German novelists of the 20th century. Focusing on Mann's relations with German and European traditions, it traces the literary and philosophical sources from which he drew inspiration.

This anthology of texts in translation covers an important branch of medieval literary theory and criticism, the commentary tradition, in one of the most significant periods of its development.

Greek texts are often fragmented and their subject background obscure. The wealth of inscriptions found scattered throughout the Greek world are an invaluable source for the reconstruction of Greek history. This selection covers the period from c 750 BC until the end of the Peloponnesian War.

This is a biographical account of Vaughan Williams' musical life - the story of a great composer's career, and at the same time the story of music in England over half a century and more. This reissue contains a new preface by the author.

Including a comprehensive discussion of the play's background and an incisive assessment of its dramatic structure, this edition makes an outstanding contribution to Euripides scholarship.

Focusing on restitution, this book provides an understanding of the subject. It is useful for students and scholars of common and civil law.

Scheffler has now taken the opportunity to supplement this edition of his original work with three substantial subsequently published essays in which he responds to criticism of the book and further develops various of its themes and arguments.

The author follows the piano's history, from the fortepiano of Mozart's time to the most sophisticated modern products of the Japanese manufacturers and looks at the professional musicians, the hire-purchase touts and fashionable ladies, amongst others.

This revised edition of a history of the exploits of the Roman Army contains extensive amendments in the light of recent archaeological research. Included in the work is a bibliography containing material only recently made available.

While the works of Hugo Grotius (1583-1645) have long been held in hig esteem by international lawyers, this book addresses the broader, and neglected, theme of his contribution to the theorectical and practical aspects of international relations.

This is an analysis of popular music from a musical, as opposed to a sociological, biographical or political point of view. The author surveys Western popular music in all its forms - blues, ragtime, waltzes, marches, music hall, ballads and folk music - and uncovers similarities and common roots.

The present work is written in the belief that the "Odes" are learned poems which demand some knowledge of conventional forms and topics. Each ode is provided with an introduction which sets it against its Greek and Roman literary background.

This study attempts to further scholastic understanding with regards to the relationship between the Third Reich and the German population, in order to examine the regime's success and effectiveness.

Aims to provide the reader with the background knowledge of conventional forms and topics needed to fully appreciate every aspect of Horace's "Odes". The text focuses on "Book II" of the "Odes", which contains poems predominantly concerned with philosophy, conduct and friendship.

This book first offers a new way of analysing styles of legal reasoning - between more "formal" and more "substantive" styles, then analyses the differences between English and American legal thought and practice.

There is a resurgence of interest in Aristotle's ethical theory, and this book makes an important contribution the debate by addressing the neglected area of its cognitive dimensions. Written in an accessible and non-technical style, and now available in paperback, this book will also interest students of philosophy.

An account of the musician Peter Warlock (Philip Heseltine). Barry Smith uses often controversial material in telling Warlock's story from his dangerous involvement in the occult to his long-lasting loves and hates.

This volume contains a series of essays which aims to show how some of the tools of advanced economic theory can usefully contribute to an understanding of how institutions operate. In particular, such techniques can be applied to the study of institutions within poor agrarian economies.

An edited version of an unfinished text by the philosopher Gareth Evans, in which the author tries to come to terms with contemporary problems surrounding analysis and reference, including epistemology, philosophy of mind and existence.

An introduction to the principal forms and orders of Western liturgy during this period, explaining their nature and basic historical origin and presenting the contents and orders of principal services as well as additional and special forms of worship.

The text of Proclus' most famous work, based on a personal examination of some 40 manuscripts, is presented here together with a critical analysis, an English translation, and a philosophical and linguistic commentary.

A collection of essays written between 1977 and 1983 which explores the fault-lines that mark the various kinds of ahistorical literary studies from the New Criticism to Post-structuralism and which aims to develop a fully elaborated socio-historical criticism for literary works.

Dr Casey argues that the classical virtues of courage, temperance, practical wisdom and justice, which are largely ignored in modern moral philosophy, centrally define the good for Man. Success, pride and worldliness remain part of our moral thinking. The conflict between these values leads to contradictions in our understanding of the moral life.

This is a study of a single community in early modern England. The authors examine the interaction of demographic, economic, social, administrative and cultural change on the villagers of Terling between 1525 and 1700.

An exploration of Shakespeare's works in the cultural and historical context of their time. As well as providing an original way of understanding Shakespeare's achievements, it analyzes the cultural process.

Sir Edward Evans-Pritchard's writings on the Nuer of southern Sudan have made them one of the most famous peoples in ethnographic literature. When his writings were first published a half a century ago, they created a new agenda for social anthropology

In Explaining and Understanding International Relations philosopher Martin Hollis and international relations scholar Steve Smith join forces to analyse the dominant theories of international relations and to examine the philosophical issues underlying them.

In a brilliant synthesis of the work of Foucault, Durkheim, Weber, Kircheimer, and Marx, this book develops a completely new, comprehensive, and highly stimulating theory of punishment.

Surveys the history of a great Mediterranean federation whose homelands were Catalonia and Aragon. It incorporates the results of recent research into the archives of Catalonia, Aragon, Valencia, Majorca, and other Mediterranean lands.