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2. Ancient worlds
Belinda Jack
in Reading: A Very Short Introduction
A great deal is known about reading in the ancient Greek and Roman worlds, but it is important to remember that a good deal of what we think of as Greek and Roman literature was heard and ...
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2. Autobiography
Peter Hainsworth and David Robey
in Dante: A Very Short Introduction
‘Autobiography’ takes us through Dante’s works—including The Divine Comedy, Vita nova, and Convivio—and shows that they have one recurrent character, Dante himself. In the Comedy, he is the ...
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5. The last things
Ritchie Robertson
in Kafka: A Very Short Introduction
What did Kafka think about God? Where did his philosophy of life sit? It is hard to tell if he is criticising the values of Christianity in his works or not. He was brought up in a Jewish ...
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8. The weight of glory
James Como
in C. S. Lewis: A Very Short Introduction
‘The weight of glory’ discusses the varying responses to C. S. Lewis. His critics have often railed against him. Even some of his Christian colleagues found his apologetic militancy ...
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Kafka: A Very Short Introduction
Ritchie Robertson
Attending both to Kafka's crisis-ridden life and to the subtleties of his art, Kafka: A Very Short Introduction shows how his work explores such characteristically modern themes as the ...
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