Essays on Spanish writers of the sixteenth-century, a period of territorial expansion, political hegemony and cultural prosperity in the face of ideological repression. Discusses the Hapsburg dynasty, the impact of the Counter-Reformation and the Inquisition had on censorship and literary production, and the Spanish passion for the theater that increased during the 1600s, during the pinnacle of the Golden Age of drama.

Sheku Kanneh-Mason performs Elgar's Cello Concerto with Sir Simon Rattle and the London Symphony Orchestra at Abbey Road Studios. The concerto is complemented by a collection of pieces from Elgar's time, all chosen by Kanneh-Mason as a reflection on the different moods and influences in Elgar's seminal concerto. Selections include new arrangements for various string settings, from Kanneh-Mason's own arrangement for solo cello (Blow the Wind Southerly)...

Recounts the classical myth about the triple-bodied monster who lost his life and herd of red oxen in a battle with Hercules.

"a dynamic and comprehensive introduction to Greek and Roman literature."--Dust jacket, p.[2]

Introduces the documentary legacy of Spain's Golden Age eyewitness accounts of the adventures incurred during the course of discovery, conquest, and colonization. Surveys both the documents themselves and the extant scholarship.

"Apology" is the famous account of the trial of Socrates. Plato's dialogue presents the charges brought against Socrates by the people of Athens and lays out the arguments that the accused presented in his defense. Socrates was accused of corrupting the youth of the city with his radical ideas and of impiety against the pantheon of the Athenian gods, or more specifically, of not believing in the gods of the city and believing instead in no gods or...