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The public image of Elgar as patriotic country squire was established in his lifetime, but, in reality, it concealed a highly complex, sometimes baffling, private individual. This study of the composer's life uncovers a man who was prey to despair and neurotically mistrustful of his friends.

This is the definitive guide to the study of Mozart's symphonies. Professor Zaslaw examines each symphony associated with Mozart, places it in its musical and cultural context, and addresses such questions as how and why they were written, and who paid, played, and listened to them.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

This contemporary view of Brahms, 150 years after his birth, concentrates on his music, with a brief discussion of his life in the Introduction. A list of works includes recent discoveries and a calendar outlines the pattern of his musical life.

This is the second instalment of a three-volume presentation in English of a commentary on Homer's "Odyssey", compiled by an international team of scholars. Introductions pay special attention to diction in the "Odyssey", and the tradition of epic diction in general.

The first comprehensive study of the history of Asia Minor in antiquity to be written for nearly fifty years. Volume I starts with the region in the Hellenistic period and goes on to cover the impact of Roman rule.

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.

The influence of J.L.Austin on contemporary philosophy was substantial during his lifetime, and has grown greatly since his death, at the height of his powers, in 1960. This book, first published in 1961, was the first of three volumes to increase the influence and popularity of his work.

The text here with an introduction by Mozart scholar Cliff Eisen, draws the reader's attention to the virtues of the volume, it also examines the developments in Mozart scholarship.

This revised edition has been updated and expanded to include a new essay on freedom of contract and the New Right, which charts the latest shift in the development of contract law. The author argues that this shift can be traced to the New Right's advocacy of political and economic freedom.

This is a revised and updated edition of Julian Budden's monumental survey of the operas of Giuseppe Verdi. Hailed on publication for its extraordinary comprehensibility, it examines each of the operas in detail, giving a full account of its dramatic and historical origins and a critical evaluation. The text is supported by a wealth of musical illustrations.

Carlo Gesualdo, Prince of Verona, is equally celebrated as the composer of madrigals of great power and complexity and as the murderer of his wife and her lover. This detailed study of his life and music has been updated to include new biographical material on the composer's latter years.

The second part of a three-volume survey of the operas of Verdi, this study covers those works written during the decadence of the post-Rossinni period. It examines each opera in detail, with an account of its dramatic and historical origins and a critical evaluation.

The third part of a three-volume survey of the operas of Verdi, this study covers roughly a quarter of a century, in which Verdi produced his four last operas. It examines each opera in detail, with an account of its dramatic and historical origins and a critical evaluation.

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.

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.

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.