The culmination of a decade of intense engagement with antiquity's most surpassingly beautiful and emotionally complex poetry, Emily Wilson's Iliad now gives us a complete Homer for our generation.

Ever feel lost when it comes to friendship advice? Maybe you've heard things like "friends should always agree with you" or "the more friends, the better." Deep down, however, something…

This book explores the history of slavery in the Atlantic World through the lens of emotion. Combining methods from the history of emotions with those from slavery studies often for…

Though they’re important sites of food storage, safety, and raising kits, beaver homes also create and sustain ecosystems.

A collection of mini sagas about crazy creatures written by Primary School pupils from the East London area.

By any measure, Seneca (?4-65AD) is one of the most significant figures in both Roman literature and ancient philosophy. His writings are voluminous and diverse, ranging from satire to disturbing…

A lean, fleet-footed translation that recaptures Homer’s nimble gallop and brings an ancient epic to new life.

In Paradise Lost, Adam asks, Why do I overlive? Adam’s anguished question is the basis for a critical analysis of living too long as a neglected but central theme in…