Collected Works
Ariosto, Shakespeare and Corneille
1st Edition
By Benedetto Croce
April 01, 2021
Originally published in 1921 this volume consists of the first of Croce’s literary criticisms to be published in English and as well as a section on Shakespeare, it contains unique essays on Ariosto and Corneille which together inaugurated a new era in literary criticism. The essays are based on ...
Politics and Morals
1st Edition
By Benedetto Croce
April 01, 2021
Originally published in 1946, this book reveals Croce’s dynamic conception of liberty, liberalism and the relation of individual morality to the State. The State which he discusses is more than a national government; it is a historical conception which takes in all ‘states’ - local and ...
Benedetto Croce: Collected Works
1st Edition
By Various Authors
March 27, 2019
Originally published between 1921 and 1950 the volumes in this collection showcase many of the most important philosophical, political and literary works of Benedetto Croce. The volumes Discuss key political, philosophical and aesthetic issues such as freedom and historical judgment Reveal ...
Bronislaw Malinowski: Collected Works
1st Edition
By Bronislaw Malinowski
December 28, 2001
Bronislaw Malinowski (1884-1942) was one of the most important figures in the development of modern social anthropology. Among the British anthropologists repudiating so-called armchair research, Malinowski was a pioneer of fieldwork. He undertook his long-sustained fieldwork in Papua New Guinea ...
The Collected Works of Henry Fielding: Edited with a biographical essay by Leslie Stephen
1st Edition
Edited
By Leslie Stephen
May 06, 1997
Henry fielding (1707-54) began his writing career as a playwright and before the age of thirty produced a number of comedies, farces and burlesques. His wit was already apparent, and his admirers included Swift who particularly enjoyed his Tom Thumb. His Pasquin, A Dramatick Satire on the Times was...
Collected Works of John Locke
1st Edition
By John Locke
March 28, 1997
This first octavo edition of John Locke's Works has set the pattern for all subsequent English Works editions until the present time. It contains all the famous philosophical writings, as well as a life of the author based on that of Le Clerc but using a large number of unpublished letters. For the...
Collected Works of Edwin Cannan
1st Edition
Edited
By Alan Ebenstein
March 26, 1997
Edwin Cannan, prodigious author and scholar whose name is inextricably linked with two great economic institutions, Adam Smith and the London School of Economics (LSE), probably had his greatest success as a professor. He nurtured a generation of scholars, teachers and writers at the LSE during his...
Thomas Paine: Life and Works
1st Edition
Edited
By Moncure Daniel Conway
March 11, 1997
Thomas Paine was a hugely influential revolutionary pamphleteer, whose writings were instrumental in bringing about some of the greatest political changes the world has seen. Paine's enduring importance lies not so much in the depth of his political philosophy as in his great abilities as a ...
The Collected English Works of Thomas Hobbes
1st Edition
Edited
By William Molesworth
March 06, 1997
This collection brings together major writings by Hobbes in English, including translations of some of his Latin works....
Collected Works of Francis Bacon
1st Edition
Edited
By Robert Leslie Ellis, Douglas Denon Heath, James Spedding
December 09, 1996
Sir Francis Bacon, statesman, essayist and philosopher, studied law and rose to high office as Lord Chancellor. He had enormous influence on the change of direction for scientific method from speculative and philosophical in the Aristotelian tradition to experimental and factual. Bacon's ...
Collected Prose Works of William Barnes
1st Edition
Edited
By Richard Bradbury
December 04, 1996
William Barnes' reputation as one of the pre-eminent British "dialect" poets, the equal of Robert Burns and John Clare, is being increasingly recognized. The range of his writings is extraordinary as evidenced by the contents of this collection, which includes works on etymology, philology, ...
The Collected Works of William Robertson
1st Edition
Edited
By Richard Sher
July 24, 1996
This new edition incorporates Robertson's final corrections and revisions for each of the four histories and the published sermon. Besides the major works the series also includes several biographical and critical works about Robertson....